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Are there any studies that support "dopamine fasting"? I'm personally not aware of any

• muzani 5y ago
  "Dopamine fasting" is a bit of a straw man. If you look at the actual article that popularized it [1], it actually says that name is a misnomer, and it's really about staying away from stimulation. Go down the article and you'll find that it's really a different name for a certain form of meditation. There are plenty of studies linking meditation to attention span. Look for something that matches the methodology of a "dopamine fast". There's some link between refraining yourself for a few days and improved attention span [2] So the methodology probably works, but the idea of some dopamine baseline is probably BS. [1] https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/07/style/dopamine-fasting.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/07/style/dopamine-fasting.ht... [2] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1053810010000681 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S10538...
  • netizen-936824 5y ago
    >Our findings suggest that 4 days of meditation training can enhance the ability to sustain attention From the second link you posted. The article is specifically about the practice of meditation, which there have been numerous studies on showing benefit. We're constantly being stimulated no matter what we're doing. If we're going to examine what tasks are specifically harmful I think the definition needs to be more clear.