Meth is addictive because it increases dopamine levels in the brain. While researchers know that meth triggers brain ...

Ramirez is an associate professor of psychological and brain sciences at Boston University. When philosophers imagined the ship of Theseus, they asked: Can a vessel that has all its planks replaced ...

Researchers at the University of Houston and the University of Cincinnati are using machine learning to create a clearer picture of how heroin affects the brain, potentially opening new doors for ...

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

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