I Want More! In Motion: Dopamine, Learning & the Moving Body in our Technological Era

Approaching dopamine as a system of prediction, feedback, effort, and action, the session brings together neuroscience, embodied practice, art, and philosophy. Our perspective is that learning is not purely cognitive but emerges from the dynamic interaction between brain, body, and environment. At a time when attention is fragmented, motivation is increasingly externally driven, and learning is shaped by algorithmic systems, understanding how dopamine influences learning is essential for developing agency, resilience, and sustainable ways of engaging with knowledge.

Designed as a highly participatory format with the guidance of Prof. Dr. med. Wolf-Julian Neumann (neuroscientist) and Eliana Araque (transdisciplinary artist), the workshop invites the community into an embodied experience of how learning happens through and in the living, sensing body. By reclaiming our physicality as a site of intelligence, the session opens a collective conversation about education, work, creativity, and resilience, and asks what kinds of learning cultures become possible when movement, curiosity, and embodied awareness are taken seriously.