Addiction hijacks ... about the role of the brain’s executive control center, the prefrontal cortex. While the scanner records his brain activity, he’ll view pictures of cocaine with ...

Research has shown that smartphone addiction causes major increases in brain activity, requiring the brain to work harder to ...

It is frequently said that addiction occurs when drugs “hijack” the brain.It’s hard to nail down what that means, but it does rightly suggest that there is an involuntary takeover of the ...

"Associations between changes of brain activation over time and addiction-related neurotransmitter systems were found." In the scans, participants were shown various images, including pictures of ...

How far away is your phone right now? When did you last look at it? For many of us, these digital devices are almost constantly in our hands, and a new study highlights the effects on brain activity ...