From the University of Bergen press release: The use of Facebook has increased rapidly. We are dealing with a subdivision of Internet addiction connected to social media, Doctor of Psychology Cecilie Schou Andreassen says about…
From the American Psychological Association press release via EurekAlert!: In the eyes of young college men, it’s more unethical to use steroids to get an edge in sports than it is to use prescription stimulants…
From the University of Vermont press release via EurekAlert!: Why do some teenagers start smoking or experimenting with drugs—while others don’t? In the largest imaging study of the human brain ever conducted—involving 1,896 14-year-olds—scientists have…
From the Gladstone Institutes at UCSF press release: Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes have determined how specific circuitry in the brain controls not only body movement but also motivation and learning, providing new insight into…
From the University of Cambridge press release via EurekAlert!: New research by scientists at the University of Cambridge suggests that chronic cocaine abuse accelerates the process of brain ageing. The study, published today 25 April…
From the Pennsylvania State University press release via EurekAlert!: A history of binge eating — consuming large amounts of food in a short period of time — may make an individual more likely to show…
From the University of Bergen press release via EurekAlert!: Researchers from Norway and the United Kingdom have developed a new instrument to measure work addiction: The Bergen Work Addiction Scale. The new instrument is based…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: Give me the child at 3 and I will give you the adult compulsive gambler. That is the striking finding of a new study in Psychological Science,…
From the Mount Sinai Hospital press release via EurekAlert!: New research from Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York reveals that repeated exposure to cocaine decreases the activity of a protein necessary for normal functioning…
From the University of Illinois at Chicago press release via EurekAlert!: Anti-tobacco television advertising helps reduce adult smoking, according to a study by researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago’s Institute for Health Research…