“Our long-term goal is to empower people with the ability to tune their own brains for learning,” said Poh. “By understanding ...

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In a new paper published in Current Biology, researchers describe a circuit in the brains of macaque monkeys that appears to ...

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

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“We were able to causally link a specific brain pathway to a ‘brake’ on motivation when individuals face unpleasant tasks in ...

Stressful study sessions help us pass exams, but curiosity promotes long-term understanding and information retention. In A ...

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Researchers have discovered a break that could help ease a common symptom of depression. Discover more about it.

Researchers identified a direct connection between cancer-related inflammation and the loss of motivation characteristic of advanced cancer. In a mouse study, they describe a brain pathway that starts ...