Christian Luscher, a neuroscientist at the University of Geneva, presenting on addiction at the Allen Institute. (Allen Insitute Photo / Erik Dinnel) Christian Luscher has spent years trying to figure ...

One way to get that pleasure is to seek retaliation. Additional brain scan studies have shown that when people imagine ...

It is frequently said that addiction occurs when drugs “hijack” the brain. It’s hard to nail down what that means, but it does rightly suggest that there is an involuntary takeover of the brain that ...

Some experts tout deep brain stimulation as a lifeline for people struggling with opioid use. Others question the hype Jyoti Madhusoodanan, Undark Magazine A Parkinson’s patient in Nice, France, is ...

Addiction is not simply a chronic brain disease and considering it as such can limit treatment options and increase stigma, an extensive research review suggests. After decades of research, Professor ...

Your iPhone addiction might be creating physical changes in your brain, according to a new study. Researchers looked into smartphone addiction and how it correlates to structural and functional ...

One of the dominant ways of thinking about addiction is as a disease. While there is evidence for this approach, it often ...