Now that I’m reading so much revolutionary theory about how brains work, what light does it shed on one of my preoccupying issues:  insanity?  The...

The Global Commission on Drug Policy released a statement that condemned the ongoing “war on drugs” as hugely ineffective and wasteful. Comprising of prominent individuals such as the former presidents of Mexico, Brazil and the United Nations along with former United States officials of the Federal Reserve and the State, the Commission has determined that drug...

Unfortunately for those who love burgers, oversized hot dogs, honey-slathered wings, cupcakes, other meats, potato chips and all those high calorie dishes or snacks, you may be a drug addict…more or less. A recent study published today in Nature Neuroscience (here) shows that eating fatty foods causes the human brain to become addicted to such types of food in...