Dopamine is a neurotransmitter — a chemical made in your brain. It carries messages to your nerve cells. Dopamine is also a hormone made in your adrenal glands that gets released into your bloodstream ...

Dopamine doesn’t flood the brain as once believed – it fires in exact, ultra-fast bursts that target specific neurons. The discovery turns a century-old view of dopamine on its head and could ...

LOS ANGELES — 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 ...

It’s all about tricking our brains like Pavlov’s dogs—on purpose Dopamine anchoring is a self-help technique that uses positive associations to make boring or challenging tasks feel more manageable, ...

NEEDED BEFORE YOU ACTUALLY MAKE THAT JUMP. THINK ABOUT IT. YEAH, YEAH. MEDICAL EXPERTS ARE SOUNDING THE ALARM ABOUT A SO-CALLED DOPAMINE DEFICIT THAT COULD BE IMPACTING YOUR MENTAL HEALTH. SO DOPAMINE ...

While our digital devices have many useful purposes, more studies show that excessive screentime can jeopardize a person’s ...

Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, has grabbed attention once again by posting a video on X (formerly Twitter) explaining ...

Threadworms, which are a type of parasitic nematode, spend a lot of time crawling around on human skin, poking and prodding to find the best place for entry before burrowing in. But disrupting a ...

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 may have ...