Neuroscience – Addiction and the Brain

Neuroscience – Addiction and the Brain

Addiction is a complex disorder that can be defined as a “loss of control over a reward-seeking behaviour” (Robert West, 2006). According to Kolb and Volkow (2010;2016), the cycle of addiction involves three stages, each of which implicate distinct...
Neuroscience – Addiction and the Brain

The Neuroscience of Addiction

Neuroscientist and former addict Marc Lewis makes the case that addiction isn’t a disease at all, although it has been recently branded as such. This video was shared by the Royal Institute