Changing levels of the brain protein KCC2 can alter how reward associations form, reshaping the learning process that links cues to outcomes.

Why do so many people relapse after quitting cocaine? A new study from The Hebrew University reveals that a specific "anti-reward" brain circuit becomes hyperactive during withdrawal-driving ...

Why do so many people relapse after quitting cocaine? A new study from The Hebrew University reveals that a specific "anti-reward" brain circuit becomes hyperactive during withdrawal—driving ...

Obesity is on the rise. Among U.S. adults aged 20 or older, 4 in 10 met the criteria for obesity in the most recent National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, up from roughly 3 in 10 two ...

Rather than thinking that adolescence ends at 18, groundbreaking brain research has shown that critical brain developmental ...

A new study published in The Journal of Neuroscience has found that type 2 diabetes can alter how the brain processes spatial and reward-related information. Using a rodent model of diabetes, ...

Addiction decreases the brain’s ability to experience natural, healthy pleasure, driving increased cravings and compulsive substance use. But can this brain deficit be healed? New research from my lab ...

What if our brains learned from rewards not just by averaging them but by considering their full range of possibilities? A ...