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Scientists have uncovered a way to manipulate the pathway in monkey brains that puts the brakes on motivation.

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In a study of 85 volunteers, scientists used real-time neurofeedback to teach participants to activate a reward-related brain ...

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As a neurobiologist trained in brain physiology, a fitness enthusiast and a mom, I spend hours at the local pool during the summer. It’s not unusual to see children gleefully splashing and swimming ...

For more than a century, Alzheimer’s disease has been framed as a slow catastrophe that begins inside the brain and stays ...