For most people, music is one of life's great pleasures. But the inability to enjoy it is a real condition that has just been recognized and described by science. The new condition, known as specific ...
We have long been told a simple story about reward: Dopamine is the "wanting" molecule that drives us toward goals, and opioids are the "liking" molecules that provide the hit of pleasure once we get ...
Researchers at Leipzig University have gained important insights into learning mechanisms in the brain of the fruit fly ...
New research reveals that the brain's reward system fuels a strong desire to learn about missed opportunities, even when such ...
Chronic alcohol consumption profoundly alters gene expression in key brain regions involved in reward, impulse control, and decision-making, according to a study led by researchers at the Institute ...
In a study in the Journal of Affective Disorders, Fralin Biomedical Research Institute scientists Pearl Chiu and Brooks Casas investigate how brain signals involved in reward learning might help ...
A new study is challenging one of neuroscience’s most enduring ideas: that the brain’s reward system exists to make us feel good. Instead, researchers argue that it is built to optimize energy.
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