Episode 579: Dr. Masud Husain: Motivation, Memory, and the Truth About Aging Brains
The earliest sign of cognitive decline is often not memory loss but a drop in motivation, known as apathy, which can precede dementia by years. Dopamine’s role is not pleasure but motivating action based on effort-reward calculations, and habits like social connection, purpose, and aerobi
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