Principlev1
To create a craving for a new behavior, consistently pair it
To create a craving for a new behavior, consistently pair it with an immediate, sensory-rich reward until the brain begins to anticipate the reward at the moment of the cue.
Why This Is a Principle
This is a principle derived from Dopamine neurons fire when a reward is anticipated based on (dopamine fires at learned cues, not rewards), Dopamine neurons encode prediction error rather than (dopamine encodes prediction error), and Temporal proximity between behavior and reward determines (temporal proximity determines learning strength). It prescribes HOW to create cravings by leveraging the reward prediction system. It's actionable (pair behavior with reward consistently), general (applies to any new behavior), and derived from underlying axioms about dopamine function.