Dopamine is a fascinating neurotransmitter responsible for allowing people to feel pleasure, satisfaction, and motivation. However, this neurotransmitter often takes center stage in discussions about ...

Most parents battle with their kids over screen time and junk food consumption. A new report on NPR dials in on how dopamine plays an impactful role in what our kids desire. Anti-dopamine parenting ...

Experts say kids can have screen addiction and even withdrawal symptoms. The good news is they can combat it fairly quickly.

Dopamine creates the will to engage in effortful action in pursuit of a goal. Here’s how to make it work for you, not against ...

The medication instead dulled her urges for the cocaine and alcohol that caused her to plow her car into a tree, spiral into ...

Your ex got a new car. Your high-school crush got married. Everyone’s traveling like they’ve got platinum credit cards with unlimited overdrafts and no interest. Those images come rushing into your ...

(CNN) — Maybe you’d like to spend time on hobbies or hang out with friends, but nothing feels as exciting and engaging as it used to –– so you just squander another hour on social media. Your problem ...

“Addiction is an important clinical term with a troubled and weighty history,” said Dean Burnett, a neuroscientist and coauthor of a brief explainer of what dopamine does and doesn’t do. “People ...

Researchers carrying out functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies in different areas of the human brain have discovered how cocaine addiction disrupts the dopamine neurons that govern how ...