A recent study revealed that a long-term value memory maintained in the ventral striatum in the brain is a neural basis of our habitual seeking behavior. Researchers have been investigating how the ...

A part of the brain processes and retains the types of long-term memories that guide habitual behaviours. The finding could aid in the search for new treatments of drug addiction. A small cluster of ...

I was in a cranky mood this afternoon when I read about a new study on the neuroscience of savoring positive emotions released this week from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for ...

Individuals whose brains exhibit a high response to threat in the amygdala (left) and a low response to reward in the ventral striatum (middle) are more at risk of developing symptoms of anxiety and ...

A new study finds changes in brain regions associated with addiction in frequent video gaming teenagers. But the findings raise questions about whether such research is really relevant to the ...

All humans, and probably all animals, share the need for a close social connection. We suffer in its absence and thrive when socially fulfilled. The cravings for social intimacy are as powerful and ...

Researchers have been investigating how the brain controls habitual seeking behaviors such as addiction. A recent study by Professor Sue-Hyun Lee from the Department of Bio and Brain Engineering ...