Brain's 'reward' center also responds to bad experiences
Tuesday, February 22, 2011 - 14:20
in Psychology & Sociology
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, published in PLoS One, may help explain the "thrill" of thrill-seeking behavior or maybe just the thrill of surviving it, according to scientists at Georgia Health Sciences University and East China Normal University.
