One way to get that pleasure is to seek retaliation. Additional brain scan studies have shown that when people imagine ...

Addiction is one of the most intensely studied conditions in modern medicine, yet even with high‑resolution brain scans and ...

Much of the conversation around addiction swings between two worldviews. On one side is the belief that addiction is a brain ...

A preclinical study uncovered a new gene therapy that targets pain centers in the brain while eliminating the risk of ...

A neuroscientist explains how highly processed foods may be key to “food addiction.” She also reveals some solutions ...

Imagine that you have two adorable pets: a dog named Harley and a cat named Lucy. They had been abused and were in bad shape when you rescued them from an animal shelter, but you’ve nursed them back ...

It is frequently said that addiction occurs when drugs “hijack” the brain. It’s hard to nail down what that means, but it does rightly suggest that there is an involuntary takeover of the brain that ...

(CNN) — Teens who spend lots of time on social media have complained of feeling like they can’t pay attention to more important things like homework or time with loved ones. A new study has possibly ...

Gene therapy ‘switch’ may offer non-addictive pain relief. New approach targets pain signals while leaving the rest of the brain untouched.

Addiction doesn’t arise in isolation. For many individuals, it follows years of emotional adversity, trauma, nutrient depletion, and gut dysfunction. People experiencing addiction often eat poorly or ...

In the mid-1990s, Hollywood began trying to envision the internet (sometimes called the “information superhighway”) and its implications for life and culture. Some of its attempts have aged better ...