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Both sides now: Brain reward molecule helps learning to avoid unpleasant experience, too
February 29, 2016 by NewsBot
The brain chemical dopamine regulates how mice learn to avoid a disagreeable encounter. Research has shown that dopamine reinforces 'rewarding' behaviors, but to the researchers' surprise, in a new study they demonstrated that situations that animals learn to avoid are also regulated by dopamine.
