At 17, he started his long journey through addiction treatment units. Now 22, he has been treated numerous times in the ...

Addiction is one of the most intensely studied conditions in modern medicine, yet even with high‑resolution brain scans and genetic tools, scientists still cannot fully explain why some people get ...

Alcohol addiction, also known as alcohol use disorder, is a serious problem that affects millions of people around the world.

Imagine that you can be two different people. That's not such an absurd idea. It's been around in psychoanalysis (starting with Freud) for over a century, and even contemporary cognitive science and ...

There’s a reason our culture is so obsessed with revenge, and it starts in the brain.

Researchers identify PV neurons in the prefrontal cortex as the gatekeepers of drug addiction relapse, offering a new target ...

It may be difficult for addicted individuals to learn when they can expect a reward. This learning problem could perhaps explain why they are more prone to addiction and find it difficult to kick the ...

Addiction and appetite along the gut-brain axis: Vagus nerve may play a crucial role in the dopamine reward pathway by Krystal Kasal, Medical Xpress edited by Gaby Clark, reviewed by Robert Egan ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Biologically speaking, there is no organ as vital or complex as the brain. And yet, the brain still remains somewhat a of a ...

Dr. Feng Liu is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Systems Engineering here at Stevens, and his latest project is making and developing AI models that help “decode” the brain with ...