Francesca Mapua Filbey (Dallas University of Texas)

The Neuroscience of Addiction

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Produktbeschreibung

This book answers a growing need for accessible information on the neuroscience of addiction among both students and the public. Targeted at undergraduates, post-graduates and informed laypeople, it is a ready-made textbook for courses on addiction.

Produktdetails

• Cambridge Fundamentals of Neuroscience in Psychology
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 210
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Februar 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 354g
• ISBN-13: 9781107567337
• ISBN-10: 1107567335
• Artikelnr.: 54802136

Autorenporträt

Francesca Mapua Filbey is a Professor of Cognition and Neuroscience, and Bert Moore Endowed Chair of BrainHealth(TM), for the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences at the University of Texas, Dallas. She conducts research aimed to understand the biobehavioral mechanisms of addictive disorders towards the improvement of early detection and intervention.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. What is addiction?
2. Human neuroscience approaches toward the understanding of addiction
3. Brain-behavior theories of addiction
4. From the motivation to initiate drug use to recreational drug use: reward and motivational systems
5. Intoxication
6. Withdrawal
7. Craving
8. Impulsivity
9. Impacts of brain-based discoveries on prevention and intervention approaches
10. Conclusions
Glossary
Index.