People's decisions are known to be influenced by past experiences, including the outcomes of earlier choices. For over a century, psychologists have been trying to shed light on the processes ...

How does dopamine control both movement and learning? New research reveals that acetylcholine acts as a "switch" for dopamine ...

Research shows that reward-based learning requires the two neuromodulators to balance one another's influence -- like the accelerator and brakes on a car If you've heard of two of the brain's chemical ...

For almost a century, psychology and neuroscience researchers have been trying to understand the processes via which humans and other animals acquire new skills or learn to deal with specific ...

A recent study published in Nature Neuroscience suggests that the brain learns to associate a specific signal with a reward ...

If you reward a monkey with some juice, it will learn which hand to move in response to a specific visual cue – but only if the cerebellum is functioning properly. So say neuroscientists at the ...

Research in mice identifies brain circuitry that supports certain reward-based decisions. Every day, our brain makes thousands of decisions, big and small. Any of these decisions -- from the least ...

Scientists have long studied the role of dopamine, a chemical in the brain that helps control learning and movement, in order ...

College classrooms should challenge students to think, not just to speak. And until participation grades show that, they are ...