New findings published in the journal Nature Neuroscience have shed light on a mysterious pathway between the reward center of the brain that is key to how we form habits, known as the basal ganglia, ...
When faced with multiple food options and ultimately choosing one, the factors of that decision-making process may be more physiological than previously assumed. A group of scientists recently ...
Karla Kaun receives funding from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the National Institute of General Medical Sciences. Many people are ...
The areas of the brain that process reward are activated when we make choices that make other people happy, as well as ourselves, a new study has found. Researchers at the Ludwig Maximilian University ...
A new study sheds light on the intricate interplay of brain regions involved in nicotine's effects on the human brain. A new study led by researchers at the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School ...
Researchers at Tufts University School of Medicine and Tufts Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences have found a surprising connection between a fungus associated with alcohol use disorder and the ...