Dopamine Detox: Analyzing Its Effectiveness
Dopamine detox trend analyzed against actual neuroscience. What Anna Lembke, Kent Berridge, Wolfram Schultz, and Cal Newport research really shows...
April 2026
November 2024
Intermittent Reinforcement: Unpredictable Rewards Explained
Intermittent reinforcement explains why slot machines, social media likes, and even toxic relationships can be impossible to quit.
September 2024
Why We Become Addicted to Our Phones
Smartphone compulsion isn't a character flaw — it's the product of deliberate design. Here's the neuroscience and behavioral engineering behind why...
Understanding the Neuroscience Behind Sugar Addiction
Sugar activates the same dopamine pathways as cocaine. Understanding the neuroscience of sugar addiction — and what's hype versus real — can help...
August 2024
Why Music Evokes Emotion: Neuroscientific Insights
Music can give you chills, make you cry, or fill you with inexplicable joy. Neuroscience is beginning to explain why — and the answers involve...
Why Exercise Feels Good: Neuroscience of Pleasure
The runner's high is real — but it's not caused by endorphins the way most people think. The neuroscience behind why exercise feels good reveals a...
July 2024
Neuroscience of Falling in Love: Brain Changes and Effects
Falling in love activates the same brain circuits as cocaine addiction. The neuroscience of romantic love — dopamine, oxytocin, attachment bonds,...
The Neuroscience of Decision Making and Emotions
How does the brain make decisions? Explore the neuroscience of choice: somatic markers, dopamine reward, the prefrontal cortex, and why emotion is...
Social Media's Influence on Brain Function and Behavior
Social media platforms are engineered to exploit fundamental brain systems. What neuroscience and psychology actually know about how social media...
June 2024
Alcohol's Neuroscience: Effects on the Brain
Alcohol affects nearly every neurotransmitter system in the brain. Understanding the neuroscience of alcohol — from the first drink to dependency —...
December 2023
Addiction: Understanding the Neuroscience of Compulsion
What actually happens in the brain during addiction? Understand the neuroscience of dopamine, reward hijacking, withdrawal, craving, and why...
October 2023
Exploring the Science Behind Addiction and the Brain
Addiction is not a moral failure or a simple lack of willpower. Explore the neuroscience of the dopamine reward pathway, the Rat Park experiment,...
June 2022
In-Depth Look at Schizophrenia and Its Complexities
A comprehensive examination of schizophrenia: its diagnostic history, DSM-5 criteria, dopamine and glutamate neurobiological models, genetic...