A study from Emory University suggests that levodopa, a medication that increases dopamine levels in the brain, may help ...

From China to Brazil to Germany, huge numbers of people are addicted to shopping, driven in part by companies that use gaming ...

We're all familiar with Pavlovian conditioning, in which a reward-anticipatory behavior follows a reward-predicting stimulus. Perhaps you experience it yourself when passing a cafe or restaurant and ...

Untangling the functional organisation of a brain region crucial for memory and learning helps reveal how individual differences are linked to variations in recall ability, aging and dopamine receptor ...

Severe self-injurious behavior in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) poses a significant risk of permanent physical ...

Most people are familiar with Pavlovian conditioning, in which a reward-anticipatory behavior follows a reward-predicting ...

After Hiding My Undiagnosed Neurological Condition for Decades, I Finally Found Answers ...

We're all familiar with Pavlovian conditioning, in which a reward-anticipatory behavior follows a reward-predicting stimulus.

This study uncovers a specialized circuit in the striatum that encodes reward variance, offering new perspectives on learning and neurological disorders.

Researchers at the University of Toronto have found that doing just one new thing each day can significantly improve mood, memory and overall well-being — a finding that could be particularly ...

Discover the neurological connections between music and psychosis, from shared dopamine pathways to pattern recognition systems, revealing new insights.

A recent study published in Psychophysiology provides new insights into how stimulating the vagus nerve through the ear might ...