A core assumption in decision neuroscience is that individuals decide between options by comparing option-specific subjective reward values. Psychological accounts challenge this view and suggest that ...

A new study is challenging one of neuroscience’s most enduring ideas: that the brain’s reward system exists to make us feel good. Instead, researchers argue that it is built to optimize energy.

Cognitive models of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have traditionally centered on deficits in inhibitory control and motivation. A substantial body of empirical research supports ...

Reward systems in online entertainment aren’t slowing down. The convergence of AI personalization, community-driven ...

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Employers who have introduced team-based rewards systems to foster creativity, collaboration, productivity and sales may want to look again at a system that new research shows can create an unintended ...