From the University of Alberta press release: The sights and sounds of winning on a slot machine may increase your desire to play — and your memories of winning big,… Read more »
From the University of California – Irvine press release: Individuals with a history of early life adversity (ELA) are disproportionately prone to opioid addiction. A new UCI-led study reveals why…. Read more »
From the University of California – San Diego press release: Employing advanced technologies that allow whole brain imaging at single-cell resolution, researchers at University of California San Diego School of… Read more »
From the Harvard Kennedy School press release: What drives a person to smoke cigarettes — and keeps one out of six U.S. adults addicted to tobacco use, at a cost… Read more »
From the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center press release: Interoception is the awareness of our physiological states; it’s how animals and humans know they’re hungry or thirsty, and how they… Read more »
From the Santa Clara University press release: Compulsive drinking may be due to dysfunction in a specific brain pathway that normally helps keep drinking in check. The results are reported… Read more »
From the Swansea University press release: Research conducted at Swansea University and the University of Milan has shown that students who use digital technology excessively are less motivated to engage… Read more »
From the Rutgers University press release: People in treatment for opioid addiction are more likely to relapse when they become more tolerant of risks, according to a study by Rutgers… Read more »
From the Salk Institute press release: Although alcohol use is ubiquitous in modern society, only a portion of individuals develop alcohol use disorders or addiction. Yet, scientists have not understood… Read more »
From the PLOS press release: A two-step task commonly used to study people’s decision-making behaviors does not appear to be effective for training people to rely more on goal-oriented behaviors… Read more »
