valence hacking

Category: Neuroscience

  • Valence is something that the striatum is doing to the cortex

    Valence is something that the striatum is doing to the cortex

    Here’s a view that might be controversial in some corners of neuroscience, but it’s one I firmly believe: there is no brain region more central to the stream of your consciousness and your valence than the striatum. Consciousness is not generated by the striatum, but everything that matters about your…