The rush

[ziodice]

Am I the only one that feels a rush every time I figure something out that I was stuck on when programming? I'm just wondering if I'm alone. I really enjoy solving the puzzles that programming will present to me.

[helios]

All vertebrates experience a reward when they (think they) accomplish something. It's part of what keeps an animal from just starving to death because it didn't feel like searching for food, or a species from becoming extinct because its individuals don't care much for mating.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reward_(psychology)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dopamine#Functions_in_the_brain