New Research Into How Addiction Impacts the Brain’s Reward Pathway
Rockefeller University and Mount Sinai study the role of the nucleus accumbens in the brain’s reward pathway.
Can Addiction Be Treated With Low-Intensity Focused Ultrasound?
The Wellcome Leap fund for Untangling Addiction has awarded $50 million in financing for 14 projects including low-intensity focused ultrasound (LIFU).
Control, the Second C of Addiction
The characteristic up for discussion today is Control, which tends to slip away.
Addiction and the Difference Between Liking and Wanting
Research into the origins of addictive behavior finds it’s the brain, not the substance, that sets the hook.
Compulsion, the First C of Addiction
Let’s take a look at some deep dives into human psychology as it relates to addiction, compulsion, and displacement activity.
What Is Addiction?
The definition of addiction has several parts, and the ways they are assembled often determine the course of treatment.