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The Reward System of the Brain

Two decades ago it was discovered that the brain has "pleasure centers." These centers are now seen as belonging to a system of pathways that appear to play a role in learning and memory

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 239 Issue 5This article was originally published with the title “The Reward System of the Brain” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 239 No. 5 (), p. 154
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1178-154