Experiments reveal how estrogen enhances dopamine and cognitive function. Hormones are known to have powerful effects on the ...

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

Recently published research reports a relationship between neuron type and dopamine function, and one type of dopamine neuron has an unexpected function that will likely reshape how scientists, ...

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

There’s no shortage of blogs, podcasts, and self-help books on the importance of dopamine for the brain. In fact, many portray dopamine as the secret to better motivation, sharper thinking, and ...

Dopamine is often called the brain's "motivation molecule," but for me, it represents something deeper, a window into how ...

Dopamine creates the will to engage in effortful action in pursuit of a goal. Here’s how to make it work for you, not against ...

Estrogen fine-tunes the brain’s dopamine system, enhancing learning and reward processing across the female cycle while ...

Dopamine seems to be having a moment in the zeitgeist. You may have read about it in the news, seen viral social media posts about “dopamine hacking,” or listened to podcasts about how to harness what ...

What happens in the human brain when we learn from positive and negative experiences? To help answer that question and better understand decision making and human behavior, scientists are studying ...

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