Briefly describe our brain's mesolimbic dopamine system. (A) Which brain structures are involved in this system? (B) What type of behavior does it regulate? (C) Even though social media (or video games and the like) isn't something ingested, do you think this system is involved in our social media behavior? Or do you think something else is involved?

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