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Nettle <strong>in</strong> his illum<strong>in</strong>at<strong>in</strong>g book on personality,“<strong>in</strong> response to the pursuit orcapture <strong>of</strong> some resource that is valued.Excitement builds towards the anticipatedcapture <strong>of</strong> that resource. Joy followsits capture.” Extroverts, <strong>in</strong> otherwords, <strong>of</strong>ten f<strong>in</strong>d themselves <strong>in</strong> an emotionalstate we might call “buzz”—arush <strong>of</strong> energized, enthusiastic feel<strong>in</strong>gs.This is a sensation we all know andlike, but not necessarily to the same degreeor with the same frequency: extrovertsseem to get an extra buzz fromthe pursuit and atta<strong>in</strong>ment <strong>of</strong> theirgoals.<strong>The</strong> basis <strong>of</strong> buzz appears to be ahigh degree <strong>of</strong> activity <strong>in</strong> a network <strong>of</strong>structures <strong>in</strong> the bra<strong>in</strong>—<strong>of</strong>ten called the“reward system”—<strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g the orbit<strong>of</strong>rontalcortex, the nucleus accumbens,and the amygdala. <strong>The</strong> job <strong>of</strong> the rewardsystem is to get us excited about460/929

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