What Masud Husain has said about Addiction and recovery
1 quote · 1 episode · Aug 24, 2026
Masud Husain, Professor of Neurology and Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Oxford, expert on motivation and apathy, author of Our Brains, Our Selves, has been quoted on Addiction and recovery once in 1 episode of Huberman Lab, most recently on August 24, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Husain argues that the same dopamine circuitry is hypoactive in apathy and hijacked into hyperactivity by addictive drugs.
“there's absolute convergence between this circuitry on the one hand being hypoactive and leading to apathy, on the other hand being hyperactive and leading to addictive states”
Huberman Lab: How to Improve Motivation & Overcome Procrastination | Dr. Masud Husain (Aug 24, 2026) · Listen from 1:12:47
Episodes
How to Improve Motivation & Overcome Procrastination | Dr. Masud HusainHuberman Lab · Aug 24, 2026 · 2 h 21 min
Andrew Huberman and Oxford neurologist Masud Husain discuss the neuroscience of motivation, apathy, dopamine, effort-reward decisions, attention, ADHD, and Alzheimer's resilience.
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