New research identifies AI chatbot addiction, highlighting how "agreeable" design and emotional attachments lead to real-world harm.

North Texas researchers identify gene changes in brain reward circuits that may point to new treatments for those struggling ...

Is social media addiction real? A new study explores the brain changes and psychological impacts of excessive use following a landmark $6 million California court ruling.

Every experience leaves a trace in the brain, a memory that can shape future behavior. Alcohol and other addictive substances ...

New insights from neuroscience and mental health research are challenging traditional ideas about addiction and criminal responsibility. These findings are prompting a re-evaluation of how justice ...

Rat study shows that introducing new objects in a nonsocial environment dampens fentanyl use over time and ...

A signaling pathway best known for shaping the brain before birth also helps govern how adults learn, adapt, and persist in ...

Deep within the brain, scientists have uncovered a hidden “switch” that may decide whether pain fades away—or lingers for ...

Studying cognition by averaging data from many people's brain scans hides how individuals use their brains, new Stanford ...

ADHD is often described as a disorder of attention. But clinically, that description misses the point. ADHD is, more accurately, a disorder of regulation—of attention, emotion, motivation, and ...

Nathalie Ginovart earned a Ph.D. in neuroscience from Claude Bernard University in Lyon in 1994. She then completed a ...

A new and potentially safer opioid has been tested in lab rats, and the results suggest it relieves pain with a lower risk of ...