Operant conditioning is a theory that explains how behaviors are influenced by their consequences or results. It’s often used today to help people adopt new behaviors or change old habits. If you’ve ...

What is the self-reinforcement hypothesis? A new theory explains how the mesolimbic dopamine system rewards future-oriented mental time travel.

I have written previously about the fact that in today’s increasingly digital world, not every person who is compulsive with pornography is a traditional (trauma-driven) compulsive person. (See my ...

Imagining the future can feel rewarding, but new research shows it may backfire. The study explains how mental time travel ...

A new study shares why some people mentally travel into the future more often than others. AI-generated image. Photo: ChatGPT Recreated A researcher in ...

India, April 10 -- A researcher in Bochum has proposed a new theory suggesting that "mental time travel"-the ability to ...

A researcher in Bochum theorizes that mental time travel can activate the reward system of the brain. The behavior thus ...