Hooked: How Addiction Hijacks the Brain, is a three-part series hosted by Dr Brian Pennie looking at the impact of addiction on the brain and seeking to explain and destigmatise both behavioural and ...

Can you reprogram your brain to crave discipline? In this video, we explore how the same dopamine triggers that make social media addictive can be redirected toward hard work. Discover ten powerful ...

Picture the scene: it’s 2am. Your eyes burn, a dull ache throbs behind your temples, and your phone's blue light casts a ghostly glow. Hours have melted into the digital ether since you swore you'd ...

Surviving in a society that is preoccupied with hustle culture, continuous output and building successful careers has amplified an excessive need to work, often beyond our limits. It is not a new ...

Trinity College lecturer Brian Pennie has the mother of all redemption stories. He discovered drugs at the age of 14 and, by 16, had graduated to heroin. He spent the next decade and a half in the ...

Ramirez is an associate professor of psychological and brain sciences at Boston University. When philosophers imagined the ship of Theseus, they asked: Can a vessel that has all its planks replaced ...

Rather than thinking that adolescence ends at 18, groundbreaking brain research has shown that critical brain developmental ...

Love’s got people literally losing their minds. Folks who obsess over their romantic partners — also known as “love addiction” — were more likely to report brain fog, memory problems and trouble ...

In today’s hyperconnected world, checking your phone has become a reflex, almost like breathing. Every ping, vibration, or notification triggers an urge to reach for the screen, even when there’s no ...