This perspective also helps reconcile the role of brain changes in addiction. Neuroadaptations still matter: they can heighten cravings or make rewards harder to experience – but they don’t eliminate ...

University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus discusses what addiction is, including what may cause it and how empathy is a ...

Researchers have found that eating highly processed, sugary, fat-filled foods not only changes your body ... use drug addiction analogies to describe this “hijacking” of brain circuits to ...

A new study has possibly captured that objectively, finding that for teens diagnosed with internet addiction, signaling between brain regions ... think such signaling changes could suggest these ...

Research to date suggests that playing video games can change ... studies exploring brain regions associated with the reward system, and how these are related to video game addiction.

Researchers used brain scans and simple tests to track changes. What they found could make you rethink your phone habits.