At Slate<\/em> Emily Yoffe explains<\/a> how online services like Twitter<\/a> and Google<\/a> coax us into endless loops of “seeking”– our midbrain neurons respond to those quick connections we make via electronic seeking-and-finding by producing more dopamine<\/a> (the same neurotransmitter activated when we eat, have sex, or take drugs).<\/p>\n

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