A long-held view is that compulsive behaviors involve individuals getting stuck in a "habit loop" that overrides self-control ...

Why do some people keep making the same harmful choices, even when they know better? A global study has revealed three distinct decision-making types and why punishment doesn’t work for everyone. When ...

Maia Kinney-Petrucha speaks with Business Insider about being diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder at age 4.

Northwestern investigators have discovered that dopamine signaling in the brain's dorsomedial striatum promotes the development of compulsive behaviors in animal models, according to findings ...

Ikoma, Japan – Scientists from the Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST), Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute international, and Tamagawa University have demonstrated that ...

Scientists at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have discovered a specific brain circuit that triggers repetitive and compulsive behaviors, overriding natural rewards like food or social interaction. () ...