Monkey experiments hint at a "motivation brake" pathway between two brain regions. Manipulating it may lead to new treatments ...

Scientists have uncovered a way to manipulate the pathway in monkey brains that puts the brakes on motivation.

New research has discovered that a neural circuit may explain procrastination. Scientists were able to disrupt this connection using a drug.

Most of us know the feeling: maybe it is making a difficult phone call, starting a report you fear will be criticized, or ...

“We were able to causally link a specific brain pathway to a ‘brake’ on motivation when individuals face unpleasant tasks in ...

In a new paper published in Current Biology, researchers describe a circuit in the brains of macaque monkeys that appears to ...

Researchers have discovered a break that could help ease a common symptom of depression. Discover more about it.

There is also a warning embedded in the findings: a brake exists for a reason. If it is weakened too much, a person might push into highly stressful situations too readily, which could increase risk ...

Procrastination has a name: the VS–VP circuit — and this team of researchers has ideas for how to switch it off ...

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A new computational model of the brain based closely on its biology and physiology has not only learned a simple visual category learning task exactly as well as lab animals, but even enabled the ...