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Dopamine detoxes are all over social media, with many influencers talking about doing a "five-day dopamine detox" in which they stay away from social media, podcasts, TV, processed food, and other ...

Think there’s nothing better than a chocolate chip cookie? But which chocolate chip cookie? Not all cookies are created equal, and it’s not always about the sugar content. Let’s try two different ...

Dopamine is a neurotransmitter involved in our brain’s reward processing systems. When you do something that feels good, it’s usually because of an anticipatory or consummatory reward mediated by ...

For some people with ADHD, gardening can quiet the noise.

Over the course of their lives, humans build subjective internal models outlining the associations between specific environmental stimuli and rewards that could be gained from interacting with them.