HabitAware has created a smart bracelet called Keen2 that it hopes will help people curb their compulsive habits. It is available for preorder today. Most people have at least one habit they feel self ...

A long-held view is that compulsive behaviors involve individuals getting stuck in a "habit loop" that overrides self-control, but new research in rats from the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) ...

For years, compulsive behaviors have been viewed as bad habits stuck on autopilot. But new research in rats found the opposite: inflammation in a key decision-making brain region actually made ...

What if we could resist compulsions? These irrational behaviors, particularly common in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), are hard to suppress. At Paris Brain Institute, Éric Burguière's team shows ...

Compulsive behaviors are actions that are engaged in repeatedly and consistently, despite the fact that they are experienced as aversive or troubling. Yet treatment can help to manage or overcome ...

Oxford scientists propose that psychedelics could rewire brain circuits behind compulsive eating, offering a bold new strategy to treat obesity, if future trials confirm their potential. Review: The ...

Doomscrolling habits are a growing concern in the digital age, driven by endless feeds of negative news and emotionally charged content. Social media psychology shows that FOMO, negativity bias, and ...

A clinical study of treatment-seeking patients reveals that compulsive buying disorder affects men and women in similar ways psychologically, but gender differences emerge in what people buy and how ...

A long-held view is that compulsive behaviours involve individuals getting stuck in a “habit loop” that overrides self-control, however new research in rats from the University of Technology Sydney ...