Generally the longer the birds worked at it, the better they got. As the birds gradually mastered their tunes, the team also measured the level of dopamine released in the birds’ basal ganglia, a part ...

Behind this mechanism is dopamine released within the striatum, the largest structure of the subcortical basal ganglia, which links motor movements and motivation. Yet it has remained unclear ...

On a deeper level, Balatro is an elegant game of luck-fueled optimization to chase the dragon of playing hands ... and it’s like firework of dopamine going off in your head.