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One Brain Chemical May Be Key to Breaking a Habit, Study Finds


How do you handle disappointment? Are you sometimes defiant, doubling down in the face of failure, or do you typically adapt with aplomb? According to a new study involving mice, the behavioral flexibility behind our reactions to disappointment may be reliant on a single chemical in the brain: the neurotransmitter acetylcholine.

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