Dr. Eleanor Hayes
Dr. Eleanor Hayes is a journalist and researcher specialising in behavioural psychology, gambling behaviour, and digital habit formation. Her work focuses on the cognitive mechanisms behind risk-taking, reward anticipation, decision-making under uncertainty, and the psychological impact of modern gaming environments. She regularly writes long-form analyses exploring how technology, platform design, and behavioural economics influence player behaviour across digital entertainment ecosystems.
Before moving into journalism, Hayes worked in academic research examining compulsive behaviours and reward-processing systems. Her reporting combines scientific evidence with accessible storytelling, making complex psychological concepts understandable to a broad audience.
Articles by Dr. Eleanor Hayes
How to Rebuild Your Finances After Gambling
When people talk about recovering from gambling harm, they usually focus on the emotional and psychological side — and rightly so. But there is anothe…
The Neuroscience of Anticipation and Reward
One of the more durable assumptions of twentieth-century psychology was that the brain's reward system worked the way the word "reward" suggests it wo…