People who spend excessive time lost in vivid, immersive fantasies often report higher rates of social media addiction and ...

Adolescents with an internet addiction undergo changes in the brain that could lead to additional addictive behavior and tendencies, finds a new study by UCL researchers. The findings, published in ...

Behavioral economics provides a framework to understand when and how people make mistakes. The new field of behavioral economics blends insights of psychology and economics, and provides some valuable ...

Addictive behaviors frequently emerge during childhood and adolescence, periods marked by critical neurobiological, cognitive, and social development. The ...

At our fingertips is unfettered, unprecedented access to novelty and stimulation. Social media, streaming, sports betting, gaming, dating apps, and pornography deliver massive dopamine hits – on ...

When you think about addiction, your mind probably jumps to the usual suspects: alcohol, drugs, gambling, or cigarettes. But the human brain’s capacity for developing compulsive behaviors extends far ...

Researchers at Kanazawa University identified dopamine-driven neural mechanisms of motivation in a mouse model of behavioral addiction, offering insights into treatment. Assistant Professor Naoya ...