Almost half the population of the planet now has access to the internet, with about one in three of those people regularly active on social media.
Oct 7, 2016
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Adolescents among humans and non-human animals alike are more inclined to engage in heightened risk-taking behavior, exploration and novelty seeking. Although these attributes provide adaptive value in enabling individuals ...
Oct 4, 2016
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Babies that seem to get upset more easily and take longer to calm down may be at higher risk for obesity while babies that exhibit more "cuddliness" and calm down easily are less likely at risk, according to a University ...
Aug 19, 2016
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Researchers at The University of Texas at Arlington are studying how fluctuating estrogen levels make females increasingly sensitive to the rewarding effects of cocaine and ultimately, vulnerable to cocaine addiction.
Aug 3, 2016
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Any dog owner will tell you that we can use a food reward as a motivation to change a dog's behaviour. But humans are just as susceptible to rewards too.
Jul 26, 2016
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Could a better understanding of the brain's reward system—a network fine-tuned over millions of years and laser-focused on survival—help mankind skirt environmental disaster?
Jul 7, 2016
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Most people would get a little 'rush' out of the idea that they're about to win some money. In fact, if you could look into their brain at that very moment, you'd see lots of activity in the part of the brain that responds ...
Jul 6, 2016
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Artificially stimulating the brain's feel-good centre boosts immunity in mice in a way that could help explain the power of placebos, a study reported Monday.
Jul 4, 2016
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Individual differences in the motivation to engage in or to avoid aggressive social interaction (bullying) are mediated by the basal forebrain, lateral habenula circuit in the brain, according to a study conducted at the ...
Jun 29, 2016
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As young people reach adulthood, their preferences for sweet foods typically decline. But for people with obesity, new research suggests that the drop-off may not be as steep and that the brain's reward system operates differently ...
Jun 15, 2016
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