Sentences with phrase «like reward pathways»

«If we want to really call smartphone addiction an addiction, we have to provide biological evidence of things like reward pathways and circuits, because all addictions have them.»

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In short, this means that repeated access to sugar over time leads to prolonged dopamine signalling, greater excitation of the brain's reward pathways and a need for even more sugar to activate all of the midbrain dopamine receptors like before.

Then, signals are sent to the brain, lighting up reward pathways and causing a surge of feel - good hormones, like dopamine, to be released.

Since the identical brain «reward pathways» are used by both types of drugs, they can be equally addictive and also may cause side effects like memory loss, hip fractures, impaired thinking, and dizziness.

Sweet foods are rewarding, stimulating the brain's reward pathways and, via learning and conditioning mechanisms, increasing the likelihood of seeking out more sugar, just like the incentive that draws people to drugs like alcohol, nicotine and cocaine.