Some dogs show addiction-like behaviors toward toys.Researchers say the findings may explain intense toy motivation in ...

A Belgian Malinois stares at a tennis ball on a shelf. For three minutes, it whines, paces, and glances back at the door ...

Some dogs behave toward their toys in ways that resemble those of behavioral addictions in humans, such as gambling and ...

Across all the tests, the researchers found that 33 dogs exhibited addictive-like behaviors with the toys. These behaviors included dogs staying laser focused on the toy if it was kept in the room but ...

Learn more about how a few dogs show behaviors toward their toys that mirror human addictions, offering clues to how ...

GLP-1 receptor agonists have shown promise as treatment for addiction, but there are still several hurdles affecting their ...

The cerebellum ("little brain") is tucked underneath the basal ganglia; it sits in the back of the skull below the cerebrum. Source: CLIPAREA l Custom media/Shutterstock Neuroscientists have unearthed ...

New findings published in the journal Nature Neuroscience have shed light on a mysterious pathway between the reward center of the brain that is key to how we form habits, known as the basal ganglia, ...