When AI models were given disphoric stimuli and asked about outlook for the future, the response was "grim." The smarter the model, the sadder they seem.

Substance Use Disorders (SUD) can be conceptualized as a prospective link from cues to craving and use. To explore the nonlinear relationships between craving and cues, this study applied dynamical ...

Does using alcohol, nicotine, or cannabis engender addiction by changing the structure of brains, or does the structure of brains incline some people toward using those substances? In standard brain ...

Ongoing efforts to identify genes involved in substance use disorders (SUDs) often focus on individual disorders despite high rates of co-occurrence with each other and other externalizing traits.

Sophie Atkinson is a UK-based journalist and content writer, as well as a founder of a content agency which focuses on storytelling through social media… A new study looking at AI large language ...

Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have found that deep brain stimulation (DBS) can greatly reduce the compulsion to use heroin in standard rat models of addiction. Rats that were ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Illustration: Joanna Andreasson Does using alcohol, nicotine, or cannabis engender addiction by changing the structure of brains, ...

Addiction is one of the most intensely studied conditions in modern medicine, yet even with high‑resolution brain scans and genetic tools, scientists still cannot fully explain why some people get ...

Researchers studying animal models of addiction have found that social isolation increases craving for substances and that socializing offers relief. Under conditions of isolation, animals pay more ...

Grace Point Treatment Center has released an educational article examining “how drug addiction is assessed and treated within licensed clinical environments”. The resource is positioned as an ...