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Alex Korb

“The prefrontal cortex chooses what to do based on what’s good for us in the long term. The nucleus accumbens chooses what to do based on what’s the most immediately pleasurable. And the dorsal striatum chooses what to do based on what we’ve done before.”

Alex Korb, The Upward Spiral: Using Neuroscience to Reverse the Course of Depression, One Small Change at a Time
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The Upward Spiral: Using Neuroscience to Reverse the Course of Depression, One Small Change at a Time The Upward Spiral: Using Neuroscience to Reverse the Course of Depression, One Small Change at a Time by Alex Korb
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