Dopamine addiction is killing creativity. If you want to discuss further, we'll be staring at the brickie's laptop.

Summary: A new five-year study explores how dopamine may drive changes in brain myelin during social isolation. Researchers ...

Scientists know that social isolation can alter brain structure and lead to the breakdown of myelin, the fatty coating that ...

“Addiction is an important clinical term with a troubled and weighty history,” said Dean Burnett, a neuroscientist and coauthor of a brief explainer of what dopamine does and doesn’t do. “People ...

*This episode originally aired on Oct. 08, 2022. Is it becoming easier than ever to get addicted? Whether it’s coffee, video games, or our phones, we live in a society where so many behaviors and ...

Your ex got a new car. Your high-school crush got married. Everyone’s traveling like they’ve got platinum credit cards with unlimited overdrafts and no interest. Those images come rushing into your ...

Researchers carrying out functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies in different areas of the human brain have discovered how cocaine addiction disrupts the dopamine neurons that govern how ...

(CNN) — Maybe you’d like to spend time on hobbies or hang out with friends, but nothing feels as exciting and engaging as it used to –– so you just squander another hour on social media. Your problem ...