Novelty speeds up learning with dopamine

Novelty and variety stimulate Dopamine - your brain on porn

Direct dopamine terminal regulation by local striatal microcircuitry - Nolan - 2020 - Journal of Neurochemistry - Wiley Online Library

Full article: Dopamine reward prediction error coding

Time perception and entrainment by dopamine, serotonin and hormones, Huberman Lab Podcast #46, by Connor Pelby, Podcast Notes Unleashed

Research Snapshot: Researchers demonstrate that dopamine is involved in novelty-based learning

Behavioral Tagging: Role of Neurotransmitter Receptor Systems in Novel Object Recognition Long-Term Memory

Dopamine: Beyond the Rush of a Reward

Novelty directly activates the dopamine system and enhances associative learning

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A primer on dopamine - Inverted Passion

Mastering the Dopamine Game: Turn Your Brain's Chemistry into a Winning Strategy