Some people simply don’t derive pleasure from listening to music. There is nothing wrong with their hearing, and they enjoy plenty of other experiences, but for some strange reason music does ...

I was a third-year medical student at Northwestern on my ICU rotation the first time I saw a dopamine drip. The patient was pale and motionless, his blood pressure dropping by the minute despite large ...

Dopamine is known as the feel-good neurotransmitter, helping us feel pleasure and reinforcing certain decisions. It has a major impact on our behaviour and is released by the brain to drive us to do ...

People are more likely to believe lies when there’s the possibility of a reward. Neuroimaging shows that the brain shifts into reward or risk mode depending on whether the context involves a gain or a ...

When faced with multiple food options and ultimately choosing one, the factors of that decision-making process may be more physiological than previously assumed. A group of scientists recently ...

When faced with multiple food options and ultimately choosing one, the factors of that decision-making process may be more physiological than previously assumed. A group of scientists led by ...

Yoga For Brain: In this era of continuous thinking and the buzzing of digital gadgets that seemingly run the lives of people on a daily basis, the mind tends to be restless and tired. Yoga provides a ...