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Brain’s ‘reward’ center also responds to bad experiences

February 28, 2011 by

The so-called reward center of the brain may need a new name, say scientists who have shown it responds to good and bad experiences. The finding may help explain the "thrill" of thrill-seeking behavior or maybe just the thrill of surviving it, according to scientists.

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