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Repetition

  • Our brain will get used to our main activities and will expect a certain feeling from it

Association

  • Our brain will look forward to events that used to make us happy ( because those types of events are releasing dopamine ) and will avoid the opposite, events that had a bad impact on us ( those types of events are releasing cortisol, which is a stress hormone )

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