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

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The subset of people who don’t experience joy or derive any pleasure from music have “musical anhedonia” and it’s happening ...

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