Tag Archives: goal-directed

September 19

Solving the Puzzle of Addiction

According to the United Nations’s World Drug Report of 2024, the number of people who use drugs worldwide had risen to 292 million in 2022, a 20 percent increase over the past 10 years (1). Further more, an estimated 64 million of those people suffer from a substance use disorder (addiction). The study of addiction […]

January 18

New year, same old new me: The science of making resolutions and (hopefully) keeping them

Already given up on New year’s resolutions? Some useful tips from psychology and neuroscience of habit formation might help!

January 17

What are habits?

Have you ever been driving and been so lost in thought that you aren’t even consciously aware of what you are doing? For a well-practiced skill like driving (and especially for a well-practiced commute) you might even find yourself arriving at your destination with little recollection of all the steps you took to make it […]