Thanks to pop culture, dopamine is commonly associated with pleasure-seeking and addiction, but its function goes way beyond that. Despite the fact that only about 400 000 out of 10 billion neurons in our brain produce it, the importance of natural dopamine for our survival is tremendous. It is responsible for us making a difference between what is good and what is bad for us, our ability to compare expectations to reality, but also for basic functions like physical movement. And it’s no...