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alalaladede t1_itfr1nh wrote

The secret drug behind geocaching. I can feel it every time I go cache hunting.

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T732 t1_itiq5vh wrote

I tried this and never got into it. I would much rather walk through a Forrest than go looking for a box in X area. But I think that “drug” is essentially the same.

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PM-ME-DEM-NUDES-GIRL t1_itklc6q wrote

the elevated dopamine in the hippocampus is just responsible for better memory in novel environments, the elevation in mood is ostensibly due to connectivity between the striatum and hippocampus which is a bit different mechanism

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