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Trick your brain into staying motivated with one simple psychology hack

Trick your brain into staying motivated with one simple psychology hack
health8/2/2025

A new social media trend uses dopamine anchoring to transform dreaded tasks into rewarding activities by consistently pairing them with enjoyable stimuli.

Dreading a task at the end of a long week? There may be a way to trick your brain into seeing that chore as a reward. "Dopamine anchoring" is the latest psychology hack making the rounds on social media. The technique involves associating a desirable... [4746 chars]