But this learning process can be distorted by the use of drugs such as heroin, cocaine, and amphetamine.Addiction involves the overvaluation of the cues surrounding the drug-taking experience.

The learning they’ve done in overcoming addiction is visible and may make them smarter and stronger in the long run. “With addiction, the vast majority of people do recover,” Szalavitz says.

Pediatric Research - Addiction: The Dark Side of Learning. As radical as these changes are, they do not lead to addiction in every subject exposed.

This theory aligns with the allostasis model of addiction, which describes how excessive drinking shifts from a positive reinforcement phase, where alcohol brings pleasure, to a negative ...

The idea that OFC is critical to learning owing to a role in signaling model-based information relevant to the derivation of the values of expected outcomes may also account for recent evidence ...

If addiction is a form of learning gone tragically wrong, it is also possible that it can be unlearned, that the brain’s native changeability can be set back on track.

This was published 9 years ago. Why addiction isn't a disease but instead the result of 'deep learning' Neuroscientist Marc Lewis' new book cracks open a debate on why there is no consensus on ...

This work clearly demonstrates a much more sophisticated role for this neurotransmitter, and it means we need to rethink models of addiction that depend on the dopamine/drug reward mentality ...

Leading researchers, clinicians and policymakers from around the world will meet next month in Calgary, Alberta, for a conference devoted to recovery capital, a pioneering theory in the field of ...