A new study from the University of Duisburg-Essen in Germany suggests that compulsive internet use is closely linked to higher stress ...
Living with OCD and hoarding is far more complex than simply struggling to stay organized. This video explores how compulsive ...
Psychology says these habits are often influenced by a combination of personality, learned behaviors, hygiene beliefs, and a ...
Meta’s internal research has found that its parental controls have little effect on reducing addiction to its apps.
As a technology journalist, reviewing health gadgets and fitness trackers has always been part of my job but they gradually spilled over into my personal life too. At one point, I was wearing multiple ...
Summary: A new study reveals that habit formation is managed by two distinct neural circuits, one governing the initiation of ...
In this Huberman Lab Essentials episode, my guest is Dr. Casey Halpern, MD, a professor of neurosurgery at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. We discuss how deep brain ...
This post was written by Léna Nagy, Ph.D., researcher at the School of Psychology, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom, and Institute of Psychology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, ...
Her best-selling 1989 book, “The Boy Who Couldn’t Stop Washing,” based on her groundbreaking research, brought public awareness to obsessive-compulsive disorder. By Trip Gabriel See more of our ...
From online forums to the clinic, people have reported that diabetes and weight-loss drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy can dramatically quell their compulsive behaviors—including cravings for alcohol ...
A new study revealed that certain brain regions are more active in people with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) during cognitively demanding tasks. The findings could help inform new ways in which ...
For years, compulsive behaviors have been viewed as bad habits stuck on autopilot. But new research in rats found the opposite: inflammation in a key decision-making brain region actually made ...