Researchers discovered a small group of people who derive no pleasure from music. The post People who don’t enjoy music may ...

So, Pallarés and his team spent the past 10 years researching the neural mechanisms behind a condition they called specific ...

"If the reward circuit is not working well, you get less pleasure from all kinds of rewards," says author and neuroscientist Ernest Mas-Herrero of the University of Barcelona. "Here, what we point ...

Brain's Reward Circuit Activity Ebbs And Flows With A Woman's Hormonal Cycle Date: February 5, 2007 Source: NIH/National Institute of Mental Health Summary: Fluctuations in sex hormone levels ...

Children with autism have structural and functional abnormalities in the brain circuit that normally makes social interaction feel rewarding, according to a new study from the Stanford University ...

The human brain consists of innumerable intricate networks or “circuits.” One such complex circuit, called the “reward circuit,” is involved in reward-associated learning, a process in which nerve ...

Disruption of reward-related neural circuits, specifically mesocorticolimbic dopaminergic pathways, is believed to contribute to the development of psychiatric illnesses and drug addiction.

In contrast, the 21st century seems to be a time that Blackberries and cell phone, computer, and plasma screens increasingly take humans away from those physical, effort-driven, proto-aesthetic ...

Surprisingly, this circuit may also serve as a built-in protective mechanism, offering new hope for addiction treatment. Cocaine addiction has long been understood as a tug-of-war between reward ...

Your brain’s reward pathways become active during art-making activities like doodling, according to a new Drexel University study. Girija Kaimal, EdD, assistant professor in the College of Nursing and ...