addiction

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A recent Education Select Committee report revealed that one in four children now used their phones in a manner resembling behavioural addiction.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

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 • Mar. 31, 2026

“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.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

The top concerns in a survey of residents were homelessness and addiction, Horton said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2026

I was struck over and over by similarities between their times and ours, including: countrywide divisions, political name-calling, competing media outlets, new technologies, conspiracy theories, an addiction crisis, a pandemic, and the emphasis on fame.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock