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A new study on laboratory rats has found that the brain’s ability to learn from rewards is enhanced by the hormone estrogen.

Your baby’s brain is one of the first major organs to start developing. Learn more about fetal brain development and what ...

A significant number of Parkinson's disease patients experience changes in their sense of smell, such as impaired olfactory ...

A new study shows that estrogen naturally modulates dopamine signaling in the brain, altering how female rats learn reward cues across the reproductive cycle.

This study shows that excitatory cholecystokinin (CCK)-expressing neurons in hippocampal area CA3 influence hippocampal-dependent memory using multiple methods to manipulate excitatory CCK-expressing ...

In the lingo of the field, dopamine-producing cells are measuring a reward prediction error — the difference between the ...

In a new co-authored book, Professor and Chair of Psychology and Neuroscience Elizabeth A. Kensinger points out some surprising facts about how memories work Explaining the science behind memory and ...