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          This shows a brain, shopping carts, and bags.
          FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology
          ·December 15, 2024·7 min read

          Why We Buy What We Buy: The Neuroscience of Shopping

          New research in neuroeconomics explores the brain processes behind shopping decisions, revealing how factors like brand recognition, pricing, and online versus in-person experiences influence purchases. The ventral striatum, a brain region linked to reward, evaluates products even without active decision-making.
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          FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology
          ·February 16, 2023·4 min read

          Is the Brain Wired Differently in People With Addiction?

          Study reveals functional connectivity abnormalities in brain areas associated with reward processing, habit formation, and decision-making in those with substance use disorders and addiction.
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          FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology
          ·July 21, 2022·3 min read

          No Pain, No Gain? How the Brain Chooses Between Pain and Profit

          The ventral striatum plays a crucial role when it comes to choices about future pain versus future profit.
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          FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology
          ·April 13, 2022·6 min read

          How Cannabis Affects Our Cognition and Psychology

          Researchers investigate how cannabis can influence a number of cognitive and psychological processes.
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          ·March 19, 2022·4 min read

          Mine or Ours: The Brain’s Choice

          The ventral striatum plays a critical role in how we view shared or private natural resources, a new study reports.
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          FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology
          ·November 22, 2021·8 min read

          Novel Brain Stimulation Approach Treats Severe Depression

          Combining deep-brain stimulation with intracranial EEG, researchers achieved an individualized understanding of specific brain networks that contributed to an individual's depression symptoms and identified stimulation patterns best suited to each patient for symptom relief.
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          FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology
          ·October 29, 2021·4 min read

          Brain Circuitry for Both Positive and Negative Valence Affected by Trauma

          The severity of PTSD symptoms was associated with fewer risky choices and increased activation of the amygdala. Decreased activity in the ventral striatum, an area of the brain associated with processing positive valence such as reward, predicted more severe PTSD symptoms 14 months post trauma.
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          ·December 3, 2020·6 min read

          A New View of How the Brain Decides to Make an Effort

          The ventral striatum plays a key role in decision making, weighing the cost versus the benefit of making a physical effort.
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          FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology
          ·June 16, 2020·2 min read

          The molecular mechanisms of depression

          Study reveals how the brain's opioid system is linked to mood changes associated with depression and anxiety. Neuroimaging revealed, in those with depression, there is a decreased number of opioid receptors in specific areas of the brain.
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          FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology
          ·March 18, 2020·4 min read

          Psychosis linked to the omission of chemical rewards in brain: Mouse study

          Researchers investigate the role the dopamine 2 receptor plays in psychosis.
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          FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology
          ·June 13, 2019·3 min read

          Formation of habitual use drives cannabis addiction

          Individual differences in the striatum of habitual cannabis users distinguish between who is at increased risk of addiction and cannabis use disorder.
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          FeaturedNeuroscience
          ·March 13, 2019·5 min read

          Differences in brain activity in children with anhedonia

          Using fMRI to examine the brains of children while resting, researchers discover anhedonia is associated with hyperconnectivity between the cingulo-opercular network and ventral striatum.
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