Addiction and will
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Addiction and will
A hypothesis about the neurobiological bases of drive, drive reduction and will in addictive illness is presented. Drive reduction seems to require both SEEKING and gratification. Will is the everyday term for our experience of drives functioning within us. Addictive drugs take over the will by altering neurotransmission in the SEEKING system. As a result of this biological change, psychologica...
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عنوان ژورنال: Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1662-5161
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00545