Some dogs love playing with toys so intensely they can’t stop—offering scientists a window into behavioral addictions.

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In one of the tests, for example, the dogs could choose between a favored toy that was inaccessible—such as in a box or on a ...

New research suggests some dogs treat their favorite ball or stuffed animal like a person who is addicted to gambling or video games.

They found that 33 dogs exhibited addictive-like behaviors. In the dogs, this included being excessively fixated on their toy, showing a lack of interest in food or playing with their owner, making ...

A popular class of therapies for treating diabetes and obesity may also have the potential to treat alcohol and drug ...

If you or someone you know is in crisis, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline via call, text or chat. A new study finds that addiction to social media, mobile phones and video games is linked to ...

Some dogs show behaviors towards their toys that resemble behavioral addictions in humans, such as gambling and internet ...

A new study published in European Neuropsychopharmacology suggests that semaglutide, a drug already used to treat type 2 ...

Washington Post reporters analyzed data from over 800 TikTok users to learn how the app turns people into power users, some ...

Addiction, not external disasters, is India's biggest catastrophe, affecting over 50 crore people. This chronic brain disease ...

A Belgian Malinois stares at a tennis ball on a shelf. For three minutes, it whines, paces, and glances back at the door where it last saw the toy vanish. Its owner offers a treat; the dog ignores it.