Have you ever wondered why some people rush to help a stranger in need while others hesitate? Does the brain have special ...

Dopamine is the brain’s motivational spark, driving us to chase what feels good, say scrolling another reel on social media, and steer clear of what doesn’t, like touching a hot stove. But scientists ...

The brain’s amygdala recognizes the emotional significance of the cue and increases its rate of firing; then, a tide of dopamine released in the goal-oriented nucleus accumbens drives the ...

Dopamine helps us learn to avoid bad outcomes by reinforcing behaviors that lead to better choices and discouraging those ...

Rats help familiar friends more than strangers, driven by brain oxytocin and social bonds. The study shows helping is about ...

The helpful rats had higher oxytocin receptor expression in the nucleus accumbens, a brain region that drives motivation, ...

As the mice learned the task, researchers recorded dopamine activity in two areas of the nucleus accumbens, a brain region involved in motivation and learning. Previous research had suggested that ...

How pleasurable music boosts µ-opioid receptor activity in the brain's reward centers, linking music to the body's natural ...

scans revealed that intake of ultra-processed foods is associated with altered tissue microstructure in multiple brain regions (the nucleus accumbens, hypothalamus, pallidum, putamen, and amygdala ...