A new study published in The Journal of Neuroscience provides neural evidence regarding how environmental cues can bias human ...

Methamphetamine doesn't just spike levels of the pleasure-inducing hormone dopamine in the reward pathways of the brain—it ...

Training people to activate a part of the brain linked to reward and positive expectations may be associated with an increase ...

Instead of focusing on your sore arm after your next vaccine, you might want to think good thoughts. A new study that trained ...

Increasing activity in a deep-brain region can boost the immune system’s response to vaccines —and people can be trained to ...

Study in mice offers insights into the brain circuitry underlying certain types of reward-based choices. Researchers identified distinct groups of brain cells activated when animals anticipate a ...

It has long been assumed that psychostimulants help those with ADHD by acting on the brain’s attention circuitry. However, new research finds that this is not the case.

Ever wonder why starting feels harder than finishing? Brain research shows stress can quietly block motivation before action ...

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 ...

With a new year, a healthier brain can boost your happiness and career success in 2026, plus offset brain diseases, if you ...

Research in mice identifies brain circuitry that supports certain reward-based decisions. Every day, our brain makes thousands of decisions, big and small. Any of these decisions -- from the least ...