Do you eat with your eyes, your gut or your brain? A neuroscientist explains how to listen to your hunger during the holidays

You likely know that the sight and smell of food can trigger cravings. But internal cues from your gut and your brain play just as important a role in the decisions you make around food.

Alex Johnson, Associate Professor of Behavioral Neuroscience, Michigan State University • conversation
Dec. 20, 2023 ~8 min

Myths about will power and moral weakness keep people with opioid use disorder from receiving effective medications like methadone, buprenorphine and naltrexone

Prescription medications can help people with opioid use disorder avoid the risks of relapse and overdose. But stigma based on misperceptions about addiction limits their use.

Melissa Cyders, Professor of Psychology, Indiana University • conversation
July 13, 2023 ~6 min


Neuromarker indicates craving for food and drug

Researchers report the discovery of a neuromarker, or stable brain pattern, that indicates drug and food cravings.

Yale • futurity
Dec. 20, 2022 ~7 min

Mindfulness may benefit people on methadone

Mindfulness shows promise as a supplement to methadone therapy for opioid addiction and chronic pain.

Maud Alobawone-Rutgers • futurity
Oct. 14, 2019 ~2 min

Blame the gut-brain connection for sugar cravings

Why do we crave more sugar after having some? In this video, an expert explains how the connection between our gut and brain plays a role.

Duke University • futurity
Sept. 25, 2019 ~1 min

Smoking abstinence doesn’t really make us want to eat more

Smoking abstinence doesn't have that much effect on our desire to eat, a new study shows.

Bert Gambini-Buffalo • futurity
Sept. 20, 2019 ~5 min

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