Summary: A new study shows that brain activity in small groups can predict large-scale decision-making. Using fMRI, researchers found that activity in the Nucleus Accumbens (NAcc) during initial ...

Neuroimaging can capture brain activity in response to stimuli before a person decides how to respond. Initial affective responses—broadly good or bad feelings about a stimulus—have been associated ...

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One brain region particularly linked to anhedonia is the nucleus accumbens, which plays a critical role in experiencing pleasure and learning associations with pleasant stimuli. An interplay ...

Neuroimaging can capture brain activity in response to stimuli before a person decides how to respond. Initial affective ...

Even a short digital detox can have a real effect on your brain. Research shows that just three days away from your ...

In fact, romantic love stimulates the same brain region as cocaine. But while the cocaine rush lasts for a few seconds, the ...

This circuit is considered to be a primitive neural network, meaning it is evolutionarily old; it links with the nucleus accumbens. Some of the other structures that contribute to the reward ...

The ICONIC study (Investigation of the effects of Cannabidiol ON cue-InduCed alcohol craving and nucleus accumbens activation) fills this gap. The scientists investigated how CBD influences the ...