The essence of happiness

sea-maid submitted, created time 6 months 2 weeks (www.nature.com)

Neuroscientists have gained an insight into how the brain comes to take pleasure in abstract rewards. Animals, they suggest, have a reward system that focuses on specific outcomes—what an action would achieve—which in turn plugs into a more general system that lets us know what feels good.

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how the mind processes placebo effect

bianjie submitted, created time 1 year 5 months (www.bioedonline.org)

Neuroscientists have found that people who experience a strong dose of pleasure at the thought of an upcoming reward are more susceptible to the placebo effect.

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