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Curiosity Is a Superpower: Here's How to Use It to Combat Anxiety & Addiction

By Jason Wachob — 2020

Addiction psychiatrist and neuroscientist Jud Brewer, M.D., Ph.D., has spent over 15 years studying why we make bad habits—and what makes them so difficult to break. Through clinical trials and research galore (in addition to working as the director of research and innovation at Brown University's Mindfulness Center), Brewer believes there is one thing that can help relieve our harmful habits: our curiosity.

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