Reward system in the brain

Welcome back to our second installment of our Brain & Emotions series! 🧠 This episode is about the reward system. There are a number of regions in the brain that tend to activate when we encounter rewarding things. 🍭 Adolescence is often accompanied by heightened response to reward in this brain system. How does it work? ❓ Swipe through to learn more! (Special thanks to former DSEC Lab volunteer Bingyi Lin for her work in creating these slides!)

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