We have long been told a simple story about reward: Dopamine is the "wanting" molecule that drives us toward goals, and ...

Researchers discover that the phosphorylation of a newly identified protein kinase substrate downstream of the dopamine signaling pathway regulates the brain reward behavior. The nucleus accumbens, ...

Employers who have introduced team-based rewards systems to foster creativity, collaboration, productivity and sales may want to look again at a system that new research shows can create an unintended ...

Sarah Palmer said out loud what other teachers are afraid to state publicly: that a system called Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) is creating unintended consequences for students ...

India, March 29 -- A large share of the inherited risk for substance use disorders may stem from genes that influence broader ...

People who are depressed very often show reduced interest in experiencing or obtaining pleasure, a symptom called anhedonia that research has traced to dysfunction in the brain’s reward system. In ...