Although dopaminergic neurons make up only 1% of the brain, their influence on our lives is immense and dopamine is one of the most-studied substances. All of these effects depend on the puzzle-like ...

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Imagine a world where your brain works against your wallet — welcome to Gen Z’s dopamine debt, a phenomenon where the brain’s ...

More and more research indicates that GLP-1 analogues can have a blunting effect on addictions like drugs and alcohol. Drug ...

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The tactic is based around the psychological principle of the mental anchoring effect, which is when you build a mental habit ...

A new study from Stanford Medicine has found that stopping an overactive enzyme in the brain might help protect and even ...

“Dopamine anchoring is the idea of pairing a nonpreferred task with something you enjoy, hopefully making the boring or ...

By shutting down a hyperactive enzyme, scientists got damaged brain cells to regrow their lost “antennae” and restart ...

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Michelle Obama discussed with psychologist Jonathan Haidt how parents need resilience to limit children's social media use ...

The results of experiments in mice models were "astounding," said biochemist Suzanne Pfeffer of Stanford University.