Is food the key to happiness? Emotional eating is certainly a real concept, but there are foods you can eat that naturally contain tryptophan, a serotonin-producing amino acid. Other ...

Dopamine is one of the most extensively studied chemical messengers in the human brain, and yet scientists are still figuring out how it works to accomplish so much. For years, the classic view has ...

American author and popularizer, analyzes for the second time the mechanisms of dopamine in his new book Dopamine under ...

If you’ve heard of two of the brain’s chemical neurotransmitters, it’s probably dopamine and serotonin. Never mind that glutamate and GABA do most of the work — it’s the thrill of dopamine as the ...

There are countless times that I started with the whole attitude of wanting to change my habits, and countless times that I ended up failing. The reason was not very clear to me, but one day I heard ...

Have you ever wondered why staying motivated feels so much harder for you than it seems to for others? If you’re a woman with ADHD, it’s not just in your head. Prefer to listen rather than read? Press ...

People are a mystery. Sometimes I'm convinced we're all just a bunch of intricate puzzles who happen to be wearing pants. To have a decent shot at comprehending human behavior, we need to better ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Lucy Paulise is executive coach and author of Timebox, based in Texas. Struggling with procrastination and lack of focus at work?