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Hooked on your phone?
CBS: That phone in your pocket is like a slot machine. Every time you check it, you’re pulling the lever to see if you get a reward. At least that’s how former Google product manager
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Teens at elite high schools at higher risk of addiction, study finds
CBS: Privilege doesn’t necessarily offer protection from drug addiction, new research suggests. Teens at elite U.S. high schools seem to face a higher risk of addiction as young adults, the study found. “We found alarmingly
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Why We Can’t Look Away From Our Screens
The New York Times: In a new book, “Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked,” the social psychologist Adam Alter warns that many of us — youngsters, teenagers, adults
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New Research From Clinical Psychological Science
A sample of new research exploring suppression of competing memories in substance-related and addictive disorders and etiology of triarchic psychopathy dimensions in chimpanzees.
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Are women increasingly at risk of addiction?
The Washington Post: Last year, American novelist Joyce Maynard faced a harsh realization: Her habit of reaching for a glass of wine whenever she felt stressed had crossed the line into an addiction. “It kind
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Can Shame Be Useful?
The New York Times: MODERN American culture is down on shame — it is, we are told, a damaging, useless emotion that we should neither feel ourselves nor make others feel. This is particularly the