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 connection using a drug.

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

For decades, dopamine has been celebrated in neuroscience as the quintessential "reward molecule"—a chemical herald of ...

Scientists have identified a neural mechanism in the brain that may explain why people postpone unpleasant or stressful tasks ...

Researchers in Japan built a miniature human brain circuit using fused stem-cell–derived organoids, allowing them to watch ...