Neurobiological models frame epistemic addiction as a pathological hijacking of the mesolimbic dopamine pathway. In this view, generative AI acts as a supernormal stimulus, delivering hyper-tailored, low-effort informational rewards that bypass the natural friction of scientific inquiry. This rapid, low-entropy feedback loop overstimulates the brain's information-foraging mechanisms, transforming adaptive, open-ended curiosity into a compulsive, self-reinforcing consumption cycle that degrades cognitive stamina and long-term memory consolidation.