Addictiveness, From Many Angles
People feel very strongly about the addictiveness (or not) of sugar. What makes them so sure? Personal experience, for one thing.
Sugar, Addictiveness, and Dopamine
For people of all ages, ingesting sugar causes the brain to make dopamine and deliver it to other parts of the brain — which is exactly what illicit substances do.
Is It Love or Is It Dopamine? This Is Your Brain on Love!
Love can feel like an addiction for good reason: it packs a one-two punch of dopamine and oxytocin.
National Institutes of Health Funds Drug Development to Treat Nicotine Addiction
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Institute on Drug Addiction (NIDA) announce funding for SBP-9330, a nicotine addiction treatment.
How Dopamine Drives Addiction
New research showing a connection between the cerebellum and dopamine producers in the basal ganglia holds promise for addiction therapy.
Are Smartphones Programming Our Brains for Anxiety and Addiction?
Research from Italy shows a troubling correlation between the age adolescents become addicted to their phones and serious mental health problems.