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 ...

New research suggests that compulsive behavior may be less about willpower failure and more about inflammation quietly disrupting the brain’s reward and habit circuits. While the idea of “hidden brain ...

A specific pattern of brain activity in a frontal brain region is linked to compulsive behaviors like excessive hand washing, chronic hair-pulling, and skin-picking in people with obsessive compulsive ...

Experiencing multiple childhood traumas doesn't just increase the risk of a single addiction. A new study suggests it creates ...

The “Uncertainty” Mechanism: Compulsive traits are linked to a specific decision-making strategy where habits are favored because the individual feels less certain about the consequences of long-term ...

Yet another possibility is that the brain’s habit systems have become very strong, and you—or they—could be entering ...

Did our AI summary help? Compulsive behaviours are actions a person feels almost compelled to do, again and again, even if they don’t really want to or know it’s not helpful. It’s like the brain has a ...

Offensive tackle Braden Smith is changing teams in the AFC South. After eight seasons as the Indianapolis Colts’ right ...

A specific pattern of brain activity in a frontal brain region is linked to compulsive behaviors like excessive hand washing, chronic hair-pulling, and skin-picking in people with obsessive compulsive ...

Is social media addicting? Does it lead to poor adolescent mental health? Meta, TikTok, Snap, Youtube face a series of ...

Although it was previously thought that compulsive behavior is the result of a "habit cycle" that suppresses self-control, a study by scientists from the Sydney University of Technology (UTS) has ...