A groundbreaking antipsychotic, a powerful new antibiotic, and a vaccine-like prophylactic for HIV are some of the most ...

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Wireless brain implants are transforming research on the human brain and enabling more personalized treatment for users.

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The Brain's Struggle with Digital Overload Dr. DiGangi explained that smartphones and social media are deliberately designed to engage and manipulate the brain's dopamine systems. Dopamine, a ...

This is of particular clinical significance because addictive behaviors have long been known to be subserved by specific brain regions operating in concert as the reward circuit (31–35). The reward ...

The UK's new Online Safety Act, programmed for implementation in the second half of next year, could reshape how social media ...

When does waiting stop being worth it? A new study reveals what's going on in your brain when it comes to persistence.

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“Games allow us to alter what is happening in your brain without actually having to go into your brain,” Douglas explains. In other words, it allows researchers to (usually nonsurgically) disrupt ...