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The Role of Dopamine in Habit Formation and Compulsive Behavior with Talia Lerner, PhD

The Role of Dopamine in Habit Formation and Compulsive Behavior with Talia Lerner, PhD

Breakthroughs · Northwestern University

November 1, 202223m 3s

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Show Notes

How are habits – both good and bad – formed in the brain, and what role do habits play in diseases of the brain? These are some of the questions neuroscientist, Talia Lerner, PhD, is investigating in her lab. Her recent study, published in Cell Reports, may change the overall understanding of how habits are formed and could be broken.