Addiction Archives - Knowing Neurons

Did You Know?Mental Health Neuro Primer Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders

Elizabeth Burnette March 22, 2021May 31, 2021 Addiction, Alcohol, Behavioral Neuroscience, Hippocampus, Nucleus accumbens, Tolerance, Withdrawal

Neuro Primer: Addiction Basics

Spanish Translation also available here: Neuro Cartilla: Los principios básicos de la adicción ~~~ From alcohol to opioids to cocaine, most of us are familiar with addictive substances. But how does… Read More

Image of synaptic cleft in the background with a large cupcake on the right, topped with sprinkles in the shape of pills. Illustrated by McCall Sarrett.

Culture Big Ideas Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders Sensation and Perception

Shaun Khoo April 4, 2019April 7, 2019 Addiction, Basolateral Amygdala, Classical Conditioning, Cocaine, Dopamine, glutamate, Neurotransmitters, Nucleus Accumbens Core, obesity, Operant Conditioning, Pavlov, Psychology, Relapse, Sugar, Tolerance, Withdrawal

Are Foods Addictive or Just Delicious?

We are surrounded by an abundance of delicious food. Throughout the developed world, cooking shows saturate our televisions and streaming video feeds advertise greasy burgers and decadent chocolates. Our addiction… Read More

Did You Know?Big Ideas Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders

Caitlin Aamodt March 1, 2018April 18, 2019 Addiction, Alzheimer's, Alzheimer’s disease, Autism, depression, Drugs, Immune System, Law of Attraction, Parkinson's, Parkinson's Disease, placebo, Placebo effect, Social experiment, Surgery, Synapses, Treatment

The Law of Attraction, the Placebo Effect, and the Immune-Brain Connection

[dropcap]B[/dropcap]iomedical researchers call it “the most replicated experiment in the history of science.” Simply put, the placebo effect is a phenomenon where people who believe they are being treated for… Read More

Neurolaw feature image, depicting libra scales with a brain on the left scale and a book on the right scale.

Science Policy Big Ideas Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders

Brainfacts.org November 22, 2017November 21, 2017 Addiction, Courtroom, Drug policy, Drugs, Eyewitness testimony, Jed Rakoff, Justice, Law, Memory, Memory consolidation, Neurolaw, Neuroscience, Prison, Rehabilitation

Neurolaw: Combining Neuroscience and Criminal Justice

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he number of U.S. judicial opinions citing neuroscience more than doubled in the seven years from 2005 to 2012, according to an analysis in the Journal of Law and the Biosciences.… Read More

52 Brain Facts

knowingneurons June 27, 2016June 30, 2017 52 Brain Facts, Addiction, Brain, Cocaine, Dopamine, Drug Abuse, Drugs, Function, Hole, neurotransmitter, Reward, Trauma

Myth or Fact? Drug abuse can put holes in your brain.

Interviews Big Ideas Brain Basics Philosophy

Joel Frohlich April 27, 2016July 10, 2017 Addiction, Alexander Batthyany, algorithm, Arthur Schopenhauer, Benjamin Libet, Brain, cellular automata, Daniel Dennett, determinism, Dice, Dopamine, EEG, Fate, Free Will, Huntington’s disease, Jack the Ripper, John-Dylan Haynes, Libet, Michael Gazzaniga, neurodegenerative, Nucleus accumbens, Philip K. Dick, Pierre-Simon Laplace, quantum indeterminacy

Does Free Will Exist?

It’s a lazy Sunday afternoon. Professor Freeman is enjoying the Southern California weather on Professor Domino’s patio. Domino: Will it be Coke or Pepsi, Dr. Freeman? Freeman: That’s an easy… Read More

Brain Basics Did You Know?Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders Popular Articles Sensation and Perception

Kate Fehlhaber October 31, 2012March 5, 2017 Addiction, Brain, Dopamine, Drug, Neuroscience, Reward

The Reward Pathway Reinforces Behavior

If you think about it, most of our daily lives revolve around food: when our next meal will be, what it will be, and how yummy it will be! Evolutionarily,… Read More

Neuro News Sensation and Perception

Jooyeun Lee October 29, 2012March 5, 2017 Addiction, Brain, Crave, Current Biology, DiFeliceantonio, enkephalin, Enkephalin Surges in Dorsal Neostriatum as a Signal to Eat, Food, M&M, Neuroscience, Reward

Do You Crave Sweets?

My answer is YES, all the time, no exceptions! Do you remember when Miranda from “Sex and the City” was so addicted to chocolate cake that even after she threw… Read More