• Excel@lemmy.megumin.org
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    Motor neurons are controlled by rewards. Motor neurons control movement.
    Therefore rewards control movement.

    Not a good headline.

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      2 years ago

      Motor neurons are controlled by rewards? What?

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        Motor neurons are controlled by dopamine, but dopamine is also the stuff that rewards you too. So thats why it technically is “Motor neurons are controlled by rewards”

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          If you want to be broad and make generalizations, sure. But in any meaningful sense, that is not correct. Dopamine is used in the reward pathway, it is not a reward by itself.