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

New research has discovered that a neural circuit may explain procrastination. Scientists were able to disrupt this ...

Scientists have uncovered a way to manipulate the pathway in monkey brains that puts the brakes on motivation.

In a new paper published in Current Biology, researchers describe a circuit in the brains of macaque monkeys that appears to ...

“We were able to causally link a specific brain pathway to a ‘brake’ on motivation when individuals face unpleasant tasks in ...

Ever wonder why starting feels harder than finishing? Brain research shows stress can quietly block motivation before action ...

Procrastination has a name: the VS–VP circuit — and this team of researchers has ideas for how to switch it off ...

The subset of people who don't experience joy or derive pleasure from music have "musical anhedonia" and it's happening in ...

Methamphetamine addiction has long been framed as a story of dopamine gone haywire, with the drug flooding the brain’s reward ...