Surprise rewards may boost movement speed, hinting that dopamine signals in the brain help control motivation and physical vigor.

New research by engineers at the University of Colorado Boulder aims to get to the bottom of why, as the saying goes, you get a "skip in your step ...

Feeling blue or tickled pink, the colors around you can have a real impact on your mood. That’s not some woo-woo pseudoscience, either: Studies have shown that different hues can actually activate ...

Unexpected rewards boost movement speed within 220 milliseconds, revealing how dopamine-linked reward prediction shapes human motion and offering a potential biomarker for brain disorders.

Maybe you’d like to spend time on hobbies or hang out with friends, but nothing feels as exciting and engaging as it used to –– so you just squander another hour on social media. Your problem may have ...

If you've experienced a jolt of excitement when your phone buzzes, a rush from seeing a new parking space open up, or a flutter of hope before good news lands, you've experienced dopamine at work. But ...

When was the last time you were truly happy? If you're yearning for happiness, the good news is that your body produces four main hormones that affect your mood. Dopamine, serotonin, endorphins and ...

Dopamine décor is the idea that interiors can actively spark happiness. With dopamine often referred to as the feel-good ...

Dopamine doesn’t flood the brain as once believed – it fires in exact, ultra-fast bursts that target specific neurons. The discovery turns a century-old view of dopamine on its head and could ...

Ever picked up your phone just to check one notification—and suddenly 45 minutes vanished into scrolling oblivion? Welcome to the dopamine hijack. Modern life is designed to give you constant hits of ...

A groundbreaking clinical trial is testing whether specially engineered stem cells can help the brain restore its own dopamine production in people with Parkinson’s disease. Because the condition is ...