Your brain actively suppresses drive through the lateral habenula's anti-reward signal. Learn why depression kills motivation — and how to...
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Depression & Motivational Drive
Neural Recalibration
Fighting intrusive thoughts makes them louder. Dr. Sydney Ceruto explains the ironic-process trap, the hippocampal GABA shortage, and the salience...
Read article : Why Suppressing Intrusive Thoughts Backfires | MindLAB Neuroscience
Neural Recalibration
Why won't your brain stop signaling something is wrong? Dr. Sydney Ceruto explains the rostral ACC error-monitor circuit driving OCD...
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Addiction & Reward Architecture
Blunted D2 receptor expression drives both relentless achievement and substance vulnerability. Dr. Sydney Ceruto explains the shared circuitry.
Read article : Why Do High Achievers Get Addicted? | MindLAB
Neural Recalibration
OCD and basal ganglia — how the brain's thought filter fails, why intrusive thoughts pass through the gate, and what...
Read article : OCD and Basal Ganglia | Dr. Sydney Ceruto — MindLAB
Social Resilience & Connection
Rejection hurts because your brain registers social loss on the same pain circuits as physical injury — the dACC-insula social...
Read article : Why Does Rejection Hurt So Much? | MindLAB Neuroscience