Summary: New research shows that the same dopamine receptor mechanism responsible for drug addiction also governs the natural decline in motivation when we repeat rewarding behaviors. By studying male ...

The genre of feel-good pop songs about feeling good has a tendency to get a little too literal or on-the-nose, a trap that Robyn’s “Dopamine” never falls into. It’s her first single from what will be ...

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Mr. Auchincloss, a Democrat, represents Massachusetts’s Fourth Congressional District. You own the most valuable real estate in the world. Deep inside your brain is the nucleus accumbens, a pea-size ...

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Dopamine is a neurotransmitter — a chemical made in your brain. It carries messages to your nerve cells. Dopamine is also a hormone made in your adrenal glands that gets released into your bloodstream ...

Dreading a task at the end of a long week? There may be a way to trick your brain into seeing that chore as a reward. "Dopamine anchoring" is the latest psychology hack making the rounds on social ...

If motivation feels harder to access, sex drive has dipped, or attention span is fleeting, dopamine could be the missing piece. Dopamine, often dubbed the "motivation molecule," is paramount to how we ...