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Good things may come to those who wait, but research has proven that humans and animals actually prefer an immediate rather than a delayed reward.
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Researchers have mapped the brain regions that process social standing and money rewards, yielding new insights that they said will aid understanding of the basis of social behaviors.
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The brain can sense the calories in food, independent of the taste mechanism, researchers have found in studies with mice
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 | Allan Reiss, MD, and his colleagues have a pretty good idea why your husband or boyfriend can't put down the Halo 3. In a first-of-its-kind imaging study, the Stanford University School of Medicine researchers have shown that the part of the brain that generates rewarding feelings is more activated in men than women during video-game play. ...> Full Article |
Brain scanning experiment shows how much we take others' earnings as a measure of our success
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