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New research from the University of St Andrews, the University of Copenhagen and Drexel University has developed AI ...

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

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A research team led by Hiroshima University and Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology have proposed a neuroendocrine ...

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