addiction
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The lab focuses on the neurobiological basis of behavioral plasticity, including learning, memory, and addiction, as well as gene-by-environment interactions linked to Alzheimer's disease and related dementia.
From Science Daily
When activated, it reduces pain over a sustained period without interfering with normal sensations or activating reward pathways associated with addiction.
From Science Daily
The top concerns in a survey of residents were homelessness and addiction, Horton said.
From Los Angeles Times
"I don't think any of the social media services can afford to pay $6m per injured user," he added - saying he views the social media addiction cases as a potentially existential threat.
From BBC
“She had difficulties already in her life, and there’s no sugar coating that. So we had to navigate this argument that what social-media addiction does is it preys upon the vulnerable more times than not.”
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