Dopamine is one of the most extensively studied chemical messengers in the human brain, and yet scientists are still figuring out how it works to accomplish so much. For years, the classic view has ...

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For decades, dopamine has been celebrated in neuroscience as the quintessential "reward molecule"—a chemical herald of pleasure, motivation, and reinforcement. In popular understanding, higher ...

Our daily actions affect the brain more than we realize. According to psychologist Dr. Leah Kaylor, simple activities can ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dopamine is closely associated with the body's reward system. Dopamine is closely associated with the body's reward system.

Dopamine is often casually labelled the brain's "pleasure chemical", but neuroscientists say this popular idea misses the point, and may even explain why people so often feel conflicted, restless and ...

Researchers have discovered a new piece in the puzzle of the brain's 'feel good' substance, dopamine. According to one of the researchers behind the new study, the discovery may facilitate the ...

A quick surge of dopamine shifts mice into a dreamy stage of sleep. In the rodents’ brains, the chemical messenger triggers rapid-eye-movement sleep, or REM, researchers report in the March 4 Science.

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Mental exhaustion isn't a life sentence; often, it is simply a sign that your brain is "full." The 12-hour dopamine fast on ...