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 ...

Whenever I mentioned the phrase “pornography addiction” to a classroom of firefighters, there were snickers of laughter followed by pointing at one particular guy in the room, nodding their heads in ...

New show focuses on people's 'strange addiction.' Dec. 24, 2010— -- Lori Broady could not live without her hair dryer. Since she was eight years old, she says, she couldn't fall asleep without it ...

An analysis of data from 1.5 million people has identified 579 locations in the genome associated with a predisposition to different behaviors and disorders related to self-regulation, including ...

Frequent use of social media may not amount to the same as addiction, according to new research. Frequent use of social media may not amount to the same as addiction, according to research at the ...

Opioid use disorder (OUD) – sometimes called opioid addiction – is a disease of the brain. If you have OUD, you’ll keep using opioids even if they are causing you harm and you want to stop. The misuse ...

Choose your words wisely. Semantics do, in fact, matter—especially when it comes to contentious issues surrounding hypersexuality, sex addiction, and compulsive sexual behavior. They’re not all the ...