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Japanese Researchers Studied How The Brain Adapts To Changing Situations And This Is What They Found
New findings offer insights into brain mechanisms of adaptive behavior, with implications for understanding addiction and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
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Digital Detox: The AI-Powered Stress Epidemic And How To Set A 'Screen Time Budget' That Works
Are you addicted to scrolling? Discover how AI-driven screen time effects your mental health, hormones and learn easy steps for a safer digital life.
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Parental Alcohol Permission Linked To Risky Drinking: Study
Children and teenagers of any age who taste alcohol with their parent's permission are more likely to engage in risky drinking in young adulthood. That was the finding of a new study my colleagues and I published in the journal Addictive Behaviours.
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Digital Gambling Boom Results In 80 Million People Facing Disorders Worldwide
A recent study by The Lancet Public Health Commission reveals that approximately 80 million people worldwide suffer from gambling disorders, with adolescents being the most affected.
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Mental Fatigue Linked to Heightened Cravings and Unhealthy Choices, Study Shows
A recent study published in PNAS Nexus finds that mental fatigue from cognitive tasks can increase cravings, leading to a stronger preference for unhealthy choices. Both rats and humans exposed to mentally demanding tasks showed heightened appeal for rewards, with rats consuming more drugs and humans craving salty snacks. Findings suggest that cogn...
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I Thought I Had A Sex And Love Addiction. But Maybe We All Do
Many of them seemed to suggest that all the great love songs, the classic rom-coms, the sitcoms about singles in the city, were feeding us unhealthy, obsessive behaviors in disguise as love stories, undoubtedly written by sex and love addicts themselves.
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Internet addiction linked to self-injurious behavior
Adolescents who are addicted to the internet are more likely than non-addicted teenagers to engage in self-injurious behaviours like hitting themselves or burning themselves.
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Japanese Researchers Studied How The Brain Adapts To Changing Situations And This Is What They Found
New findings offer insights into brain mechanisms of adaptive behavior, with implications for understanding addiction and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
-
Digital Detox: The AI-Powered Stress Epidemic And How To Set A 'Screen Time Budget' That Works
Are you addicted to scrolling? Discover how AI-driven screen time effects your mental health, hormones and learn easy steps for a safer digital life.
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Parental Alcohol Permission Linked To Risky Drinking: Study
Children and teenagers of any age who taste alcohol with their parent's permission are more likely to engage in risky drinking in young adulthood. That was the finding of a new study my colleagues and I published in the journal Addictive Behaviours.
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Digital Gambling Boom Results In 80 Million People Facing Disorders Worldwide
A recent study by The Lancet Public Health Commission reveals that approximately 80 million people worldwide suffer from gambling disorders, with adolescents being the most affected.
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Mental Fatigue Linked to Heightened Cravings and Unhealthy Choices, Study Shows
A recent study published in PNAS Nexus finds that mental fatigue from cognitive tasks can increase cravings, leading to a stronger preference for unhealthy choices. Both rats and humans exposed to mentally demanding tasks showed heightened appeal for rewards, with rats consuming more drugs and humans craving salty snacks. Findings suggest that cogn...
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I Thought I Had A Sex And Love Addiction. But Maybe We All Do
Many of them seemed to suggest that all the great love songs, the classic rom-coms, the sitcoms about singles in the city, were feeding us unhealthy, obsessive behaviors in disguise as love stories, undoubtedly written by sex and love addicts themselves.
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Internet addiction linked to self-injurious behavior
Adolescents who are addicted to the internet are more likely than non-addicted teenagers to engage in self-injurious behaviours like hitting themselves or burning themselves.
