Sex, money: Specific brain areas for each pleasure
Saturday, October 16, 2010 - 19:30
in Psychology & Sociology
Scientists have provided the first evidence that the orbitofrontal cortex (located in the anterior ventral part of the brain) contains distinct regions that respond to secondary rewards like money as well as more primary gratifications like erotic images. These findings open new perspectives in the understanding of certain pathologies, such as gambling addiction, and the study of the neural networks involved in motivation and learning.