Rewired Learning: The Hidden Science of Addiction
Featured image created by Julia Wolf and Microsoft CoPilot The Science of Addiction Addiction is no longer understood as simply a behavioral problem, it is a di...
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The difficulty of unlearning: Addiction as a memory
Artstract by A. Griffith – Created with OpenAi In the United States, 58.3% of the population used tobacco products, vaped nicotine, drank alcohol, or used...
Addiction as Memory: When Psychostimulants Cause Learning to Become a Problem
Image from Clay Behavior Health Center (https://ccbhc.org/understanding-addiction/) Psychostimulants Spark Learning Pathways Your brain learns from experience, ...
The Silent Risk Factors of Schizophrenia
The Silent Risks of Schizophrenia Schizophrenia is a mental health condition that is thought to be a disorder of brain development and neural connectivity [2]. ...
Schizophrenia: The importance of continued research
Schizophrenia is hypothesized to be a brain development disorder. [1] In contrast to most developmental disorders, it most commonly does not surface until ages ...
Cells to Circuits: Understanding Schizophrenia from Early Development
Artstact created by K. Leppke with help of ChatGPT Neural Stem Cells and Development The development of your brain was an extremely complex process, which was c...
The Burden of Adapting to a Society That Wasn’t Built With You In Mind: Autism Spectrum Disorder
The burden of adaptation is often placed on the Autistic individual, not the environment. How Autistic People Experience the World People with Autism Spectrum D...
Diving into the Brain of Autism Spectrum Disorder
Autism Spectrum Disorder Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is characterized by deficits in social communication and interaction, restricted interest, and/or repeti...
From Dopamine to Digestion: Understanding Autism Beyond the Brain
Imagine the brain as the body’s control center, constantly processing signals that shape how we think, feel, and behave. For a long time, it was believed that t...
Dopamine in Action: Mapping the Brain Circuits with Potential Roles in Autism Spectrum Disorder
Dopamine is a neurotransmitter that plays a central role in motivation, learning, cognition, and movement. With increasing research summarized in the article by...