Decreased ventral striatum activity to natural social incentives were associated with social motivation and pleasure deficits even when controlling for other symptoms, such as diminished expressivity.

Love happens in the brain, where hormonal releases and brain chemicals like dopamine, serotonin and oxytocin are released.

People with musical anhedonia do not enjoy music but still feel the urge to move. Movement itself may generate pleasure.

The pleasurable urge to move to music — to groove — appears to be a physiological response independent of how much we ...

The pleasurable urge to move to music -- to groove -- appears to be a physiological response independent of how much we generally enjoy music, according to a new article. That groove response is so ...

Why music makes us move, even when we don’t like it If you hate ABBA, but you can't help tapping your foot along to “Dancing Queen,” rest assured, it's a perfectly normal reaction. Music makes us move ...

A new study finds that the urge to move to music—known as groove—is a distinct physiological response, separate from musical ...

A new study identifies brain areas linked to mood swings and pleasure response in bipolar disorder. Researchers found that people with bipolar disorder show heightened activity in the ventral striatum ...

The olfactory system is the sensory system that is responsible for the sense of smell (olfaction). It receives, processes and interprets odour information. Interactions among insects, plants, and ...

Motivation is the driving force that elicits a certain behaviour from an organism in order to satisfy the drive or seek a particular goal. Motivation can be induced by physiological drives such as ...