Brain pleasure center ebbs as we age
Tuesday, September 16, 2008 - 09:14
in Psychology & Sociology
If, as the song laments, our "get up and go" fades as we get older, it may stem from aging-related changes in a brain reward circuit. Compared to young participants, older participants showed less activity in brain motivation hubs while they viewed a slot machine-like video game and received money in a NIMH brain imaging study. read more