Screens are unavoidable these days, woven deeply into the very fabric of lifestyle. From waking up to the alarm and checking your phone, to unwinding at the end of the day with a quick (hopefully) ...

Each morning begins the same way. Ping, ping, ping. As soon as I manage to prise my eyes open, it’s an affront of emails, TikTok, Instagram, news, and WhatsApp – all before I’ve even cleaned my teeth ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CU Boulder researchers find that reward and surprise can instantly affect how fast people move, linking dopamine to motion.

The chemical messenger dopamine is an essential catalyst that fuels activities and behaviors ranging from movement to cognition and learning. However, neuroscientists have long debated whether these ...

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 ...

Michael Long is not the typical neuroscience guy. He was trained as a physicist, but is primarily a writer. He coauthored the international bestseller The Molecule of More. As a speechwriter, he has ...

A small burst of energy can change how a movement feels. It can make a reach quicker, a step lighter, or a motion more deliberate. Scientists have long sensed that this link between feeling and ...