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Neuroscientist Kauê M. Costa talks about surprising results that are changing how we think dopamine works and how the brain really learns

Meet the researchers who may one day change the world

Applying new tools to behavioral tests to discern how we learn

Dopamine signaling has become closely associated with reward prediction errors (RPEs)–the difference between expected and experienced value. Although not wit...

Dopamine neurons projecting to distinct brain regions have unique biophysical properties, which is thought to reflect functional specialization. One defining feature is the duration of hyperpolarizati...

Learn about neuroscience labs launched in the past two years, plus a few opening their doors in 2026.

This “dopamine aficionado” is exploring new approaches to a Parkinson’s puzzle