Unexpected rewards boost movement speed within 220 milliseconds, revealing how dopamine-linked reward prediction shapes human motion and offering a potential biomarker for brain disorders.

New research by engineers at the University of Colorado Boulder aims to get to the bottom of why, as the saying goes, you get ...

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 ...

Researchers carrying out functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies in different areas of the human brain have discovered how cocaine addiction disrupts the dopamine neurons that govern how ...

Forget being an adrenaline junkie. Research suggests that dopamine is the real reason why we prefer to take on bigger challenges like running marathons or tackling difficult problems at work. Alex ...

Waiting between rewards may help the brain learn faster. New research shows timing, not repetition, drives stronger learning updates.

A group of researchers in Israel found a link between certain types of positive expectations and a stronger immune response after vaccination.