Researchers from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine) and Duke University ...

Monkey experiments hint at a "motivation brake" pathway between two brain regions. Manipulating it may lead to new treatments ...

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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 ...

Most of us know the feeling: maybe it is making a difficult phone call, starting a report you fear will be criticized, or ...

Japanese scientists say the reason why you keep procrastinating is because of your brain's "motivation brake." ...

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

The old school way of learning and remembering something is studying followed by a test. Now, a study tells us curiosity is ...