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Habits and dopamine

What the research actually says, habit by habit

Each page lists every study we link to the habit, quotes the finding in the authors' words, gives the evidence a grade, and says plainly where the evidence is weak or points the other way.

Grade A: human imaging or trial evidence with a measured effect. Grade B: human observational or animal evidence. Grade C: editorial estimate. How grades work

Screens and behaviours

  • Social mediaB8 studies
  • Scrolling TikTok and YouTubeB5 studies
  • Compulsive phone checkingB5 studies
  • Video gamesB5 studies
  • PornographyB · mixed5 studies
  • GamblingA6 studies

Food and caffeine

  • Sugar and high-fat foodB · mixed7 studies
  • Binge eatingB4 studies
  • CaffeineB · mixed4 studies

Substances

  • Smoking and nicotineA8 studies
  • VapingB8 studies
  • AlcoholA5 studies
  • CocaineA6 studies
  • Amphetamines and methA4 studies

Habits people build

  • ExerciseB5 studies
  • MeditationB · mixed5 studies
  • Listening to musicB5 studies
  • SleepB1 study

The bigger questions

  • Is a dopamine detox real? What the evidence supports →
  • Dopamine detox for phone addiction: what the studies say →
  • How long does it take to reset your dopamine? →
  • Dopamine Detox vs blockers and habit trackers →

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