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Constantly scrolling through your phone, always having a podcast or music on because you cannot bear the silence. Recognizable? You might have a case of dopamine addiction! Or is that not a thing? Together with professors Ruth van Holst and Tim van Timmeren we find out what is true and what works.
A lot of people spend too much time on their phone, on YouTube or find themselves being addicted to something else. But there are differences between substance addiction and other addictions. The latter is usually related to dopamine, a hormone that gives you a feeling of joy and happiness. But can you get ‘addicted’ to this hormone?
By X TU DelftConstantly scrolling through your phone, always having a podcast or music on because you cannot bear the silence. Recognizable? You might have a case of dopamine addiction! Or is that not a thing? Together with professors Ruth van Holst and Tim van Timmeren we find out what is true and what works.
A lot of people spend too much time on their phone, on YouTube or find themselves being addicted to something else. But there are differences between substance addiction and other addictions. The latter is usually related to dopamine, a hormone that gives you a feeling of joy and happiness. But can you get ‘addicted’ to this hormone?