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

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

A pesky “motivation brake” may control when we can be bothered to do something, and when we’d rather put it off.

It’s intentionally sending a signal that it’s pissed off, so beware ...

“We were able to causally link a specific brain pathway to a ‘brake’ on motivation when individuals face unpleasant tasks in ...

Most of us know the feeling: maybe it is making a difficult phone call, starting a report you fear will be criticized, or ...

In visual cortex, neural correlates of subjective perception can be generated by modulation of activity from beyond the classical receptive field (CRF). In macaque V1, activity generated by ...

Human brains still react to chimp voices, hinting at a deep evolutionary link in how we recognize sound.

When a baby smiles at you, it's almost impossible not to smile back. This spontaneous reaction to a facial expression is part ...

Chinese scientists clone monkeys using the same technique that produced Dolly the sheep two decades ago, breaking a technical barrier that could open the door to copying humans.

Before 'Jana Nayagan' ran into censor trouble, Thalapathy Vijay had already seen a much bigger storm with 'Mersal'. The film ...

As AFCON 2025/26 reaches its quarter finals in Morocco, Born Free calls for action from Moroccan authorities to end wild ...