By Dr. Chinta SidharthanWhat if our brains learned from rewards not just by averaging them but by considering their full ...

Love happens in the brain, where hormonal releases and brain chemicals like dopamine, serotonin and oxytocin are released.

Study reveals how addiction physically changes the brain, challenging the misconception that people struggling with substance ...

Researchers have revealed neural circuits in the brainstem that are crucially involved in implementing decisions by ...

A recent study led by Mass General Brigham suggests that creativity is linked to a specific brain circuit rather than a ...

Findings indicate chronic cocaine use alters brain circuits, increasing impulsivity in low-impulsive rats, contradicting ...

By targeting the brain's "reward circuit" (the orbitofrontal cortex, Brodmann area 25, amygdala, etc.) and managing environmental and time of day factors, DeepFocus could disrupt the brain's ...

that project to the ventral tegmental area (VTA), a key brain region involved in reward and motivation. By manipulating this circuit, researchers were able to significantly reduce cocaine-seeking ...