Eli5: Why do some tasks release enough dopamine to keep you engaged for hours (scrolling on a phone app) while other tasks with similar effort output (answering an email/doing work on your phone) seems so exhausting?

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Eli5: Why do some tasks release enough dopamine to keep you engaged for hours (scrolling on a phone app) while other tasks with similar effort output (answering an email/doing work on your phone) seems so exhausting?

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You get excited by watching good apps etc vs boring work jobs, doesn’t matter how much you are moving your thumb etc. It’s all in your head

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