In a highly novel study published in Current Biology, researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and the National Institute of Mental Health, or NIMH, describe how two major neuronal ...

The agent, a person or thing that can act or produce an effect, learns to select the optimal action through reinforcement learning using reward signals. It makes predictions about its environment ...

Imagination may play a much more significant role in how the brain performs context-dependent valuations related to goal-directed behavior than previously believed, according to a study (Castegnetti, ...

Judging from the panoply of motivational books, speeches, videos, and how-to guides, you'd think that psychology has the surefire answer that can explain the simple basis for our many complex ...