A team of researchers at the University of Copenhagen has discovered a new piece in the puzzle of the brain's...
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Many people have felt the sudden and uncontrollable urge to eat a certain food. These urges -- known as cravings...
When we initiate an action in our everyday lives—chasing after a runaway napkin or getting out of the car—the brain...
In humans, the dopamine system has been tied to rewards and pleasurable sensations. As well as to memory and learning....
Changing levels of the chemical dopamine, a chemical most associated with motivation, may help explain why stressful experiences during infancy...
On a recent Thursday evening at the City Life Community Center in Missoula, Mont., Wolf Heffelfinger played laser tag.Wearing a...
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The key to overcoming addictions and psychiatric disorders lives deep inside the netherworld of our brains and the circuitry that...
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Yuichiro Chino/Getty Images Yuichiro Chino/Getty Images Human beings are programmed to approach pleasure and avoid pain. It's an instinct that...