# Please stop calling dopamine the ‘pleasure chemical’

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## Metadata
- Author: [[Angela Chen]]
- Full Title: Please stop calling dopamine the ‘pleasure chemical’
- Category: #articles
- URL: https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/27/17169446/dopamine-pleasure-chemical-neuroscience-reward-motivation

## Highlights
- If you kill off the cells that produce dopamine, the animal is not motivated to go out and do things.