In a learning task, animals received a small reward for pressing a lever. Recordings showed bursts of dopamine activity when an unexpected reward arrived, and over time this activity shifted to the cue that predicted the reward.
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Researchers followed pregnant women who reported their stress levels and gave samples to measure cortisol. Infants of mothers who had higher prenatal stress and cortisol later showed, on average, stronger reactions to mild novelty and took longer to settle.
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