Behavioral economics provides a framework to understand when and how people make mistakes. The new field of behavioral economics blends insights of psychology and economics, and provides some valuable ...

Several years ago, at Monte Carlo, I watched a giddy woman decked in pearls and diamonds winning all evening at the blackjack table, ultimately collecting stacks of chips worth almost 8,000 euros. At ...

Adolescents with an internet addiction undergo changes in the brain that could lead to additional addictive behaviour and tendencies, finds a new study by UCL researchers. The findings, published in ...

Although self-harm is not formally classified as an addiction in the DSM-5-TR, some experts argue that it can manifest as a behavioral addiction due to its effects on the brain’s reward system.

Much of the conversation around addiction swings between two worldviews. On one side is the belief that addiction is a brain ...

Substance use, from alcohol to opioids, is on the rise, as are behavioral addictions, such as gambling, overspending and binge eating. In fact, a May 11 CDC report revealed that drug overdose deaths ...

In a new study, researchers have discovered that paternal nicotine taking is associated with addiction-like behaviors, cognitive deficits, and anxiety-like behaviors in male offspring. Parental ...