Motivated Behaviors

Hormones

How Hormones May Affect Addiction and Depression

Juan M Dominguez Ph.D. on August 4, 2023

Wondered whether hormones affect your mood and depression? Recent research explains how ovarian hormones might affect depression and addiction.

Wondered whether hormones affect your mood and depression? Recent research explains how ovarian hormones might affect depression and addiction.

Sensation-Seeking

Cocaine Increases Risky Behaviors, Depending on Your Age

Juan M Dominguez Ph.D. on May 20, 2022

Does taking cocaine when you're younger make a difference in whether it increases risky behaviors? Yes it does.

Does taking cocaine when you're younger make a difference in whether it increases risky behaviors? Yes it does.

Anorexia Nervosa

Anorexia Nervosa and the Motivational Brain

Juan M Dominguez Ph.D. on April 29, 2022

Does anorexia nervosa change the motivational brain or do changes in the motivational brain cause anorexia nervosa?

Does anorexia nervosa change the motivational brain or do changes in the motivational brain cause anorexia nervosa?

Dopamine

Ecstasy’s Therapeutic and Abuse Potential

Juan M Dominguez Ph.D. on January 29, 2020

Can ecstasy be therapeutic?

Can ecstasy be therapeutic?

Diet

How Overeating Changes the Brain

Juan M Dominguez Ph.D. on August 14, 2019

Most of us imagine that overeating will impact our waistline, but few wonder whether it also changes the brain.

Most of us imagine that overeating will impact our waistline, but few wonder whether it also changes the brain.