Research shows that reward-based learning requires the two neuromodulators to balance one another's influence -- like the accelerator and brakes on a car If you've heard of two of the brain's chemical ...
Dopamine is a powerful signal in the brain, influencing our moods, motivations, movements, and more. The neurotransmitter is crucial for reward-based learning, a function that may be disrupted in a ...
After attending a lecture by famous neuroscientist V.S. Ramachandran in middle school, research associate Vikram Gadagkar Ph.D. ’13 found he had an interest in neuroscience. His curiosity led him to ...
Researchers report October 25 in the journal Neuron that cocaine addiction disrupts the dopamine neurons that govern how we perceive and learn from rewards. Though people with cocaine addiction have ...
New research on the "Reward Positivity" brain signal distinguishes between rewards and goals, offering a new way to measure ...
A new interdisciplinary study by researchers from the Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine and the Andrew and Erna Viterbi Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Technion ...
A team led by BBRF grantees has proposed a markedly new way of understanding the role of dopamine in the brain in processes involved in learning and memory. The revised view of the neurotransmitter ...
After attending a lecture by famous neuroscientist V.S. Ramachandran in middle school, research associate Vikram Gadagkar Ph.D. ’13 found he had an interest in neuroscience. His curiosity led him to ...