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·August 16, 2014·4 min read

Workaholism: The Addiction of this Century

Working too much is bad for your health. A new study shows 8.3% of Norwegians are addicted to work to the point where it becomes a health issue.

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·July 11, 2014·5 min read

Brain Activity in Sex Addiction Mirrors That of Drug Addiction

A new neuroimaging study finds pornography triggers brain activity of sex addicts much the same way as drugs trigger the brains of drug addicts.

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·June 27, 2014·4 min read

Bad Learning

Researchers discover a new form of neurotransmission which influences the long term memory created by addictive drugs.

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·June 13, 2014·3 min read

Reward Response May Demonstrate Why Quitting Smoking Is Harder for Some

Researchers identify an aspect of brain activity that helps to predict the effectiveness of a reward-based strategy as motivation to quit smoking.

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·April 2, 2014·4 min read

A Brain Region for Resisting Alcohols Allure

In rats, when the lateral habenula is chronically inactivated, they drink to excess and are less able to learn from the experience, a new study finds.

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·March 31, 2014·3 min read

Addicts Who Live in the Moment May Benefit Most from Certain Kinds of Treatment

People with drug dependencies who are least likely to take the future into account could be the ones who benefit most from certain treatments, a new study reports.

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·March 25, 2014·3 min read

Brain Differences in College Aged Occasional Drug Users

Researchers discover impaired neuronal activity in parts of the brain associated with anticipatory functioning in young adults who occasionally use stimulant drugs.