For years, compulsive behaviors have been viewed as bad habits stuck on autopilot. But new research in rats found the ...

In a recent study published in Neuropsychopharmacology, researchers from the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) found that inflammation in a key decision-making region of the brain led to more ...

In traditional 12 Step addiction recovery, participants are asked to find a way to believe in some form of spirituality or "Higher Power" (HP). I wondered about the existence of "God" during my ...

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 ...