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Daniel Z. Lieberman

Disciplines:
psychiatry
neuroscience
writing
neuroscience/dopamine

Summary

American psychiatrist and neuroscientist — George Washington University — co-author of The Molecule of More — who explores the neurochemistry of desire, creativity, and addiction.

Core Contribution

Co-creates The Molecule of More's dopamine framework — Lieberman and Long's argument (that dopamine drives desire for things not yet possessed, while Here and Now chemicals — serotonin, oxytocin — govern satisfaction with what is present) provides a neurochemical framework for understanding ambition, addiction, and creative drive.

Notable Works & Achievements

The Molecule of More

Historical Influences

Wolfram Schultz Addiction neuroscience

Intellectual Lineage

George Washington University The Molecule of More

Contemporaries & Peers

Anna Lembke Andrew Huberman

Minds Influenced

Popular neuroscience

Intellectual Posterity

The Molecule of More Here-and-Now chemicals vs. dopamine

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