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The transition to compulsion in addiction
Compulsion is a cardinal symptom of drug addiction (severe substance use disorder). However, compulsion is observed in only a small proportion of...
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Ayahuasca as an Addiction Treatment in Catalonia: Cognitive and Cultural Perspectives
Ayahuasca arrived in Spain at the end of the 1980s through different alternative therapy centers, spiritual groups, and Brazilian churches. Since...
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Systematic Review of Gaming and Neuropsychological Assessment of Social Cognition
Playing video games is associated with cognitive changes and possibly psychosocial difficulties. Problematic gaming occurs upon the loss of control...
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White and gray matter correlates of theory of mind in autism: a voxel-based morphometry study
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is characterized by difficulties in theory of mind (ToM) and social communication. Studying structural and functional...
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The Role of Implicit Associations in Alcohol and Substance Use Disorders
This chapter delves into the critical role of implicit associations in addiction, focusing on their influence on the development, persistence, and...
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Altered individual gray matter structural covariance networks in early abstinence patients with alcohol dependence
While alterations in cortical thickness have been widely observed in individuals with alcohol dependence, knowledge about cortical thickness-based...
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Darwinian Evolutionary Theory
DarwinDarwin hypothesized that group selectionGroup selection occurs when the benefits of cooperationCooperation between subpopulations are greater...
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Situating Habit and Goal-Direction in a General View of Instrumental Behavior
This chapter reviews recent research from the author’s laboratory on habit and goal-direction in instrumental learning and then considers some of its...
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Anhedonia, Hyperkatifeia, and Negative Reinforcement in Substance Use Disorders
Drug addiction has been defined as a chronically relapsing disorder that is characterized by a compulsion to seek and take a drug or stimulus, the...
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Food Addiction, Binge Eating, and the Role of Dietary Restraint: Converging Evidence from Animal and Human Studies
With emerging evidence of a biological basis to binge eating, questions about the role of food addiction (FA) have stimulated scholarly debate. A...
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A Systematic Review on Common and Distinct Neural Correlates of Risk-taking in Substance-related and Non-substance Related Addictions
Both substance-related as well as non-substance-related addictions may include recurrent engagement in risky actions despite adverse outcomes. We...
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From compulsivity to compulsion: the neural basis of compulsive disorders
Compulsive behaviour, an apparently irrational perseveration in often maladaptive acts, is a potential transdiagnostic symptom of several...
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Anterior Cingulate Cortex Implants for Alcohol Addiction: A Feasibility Study
Abnormal neural activity, particularly in the rostrodorsal anterior cingulate cortex (rdACC), appears to be responsible for intense alcohol craving....
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Behavioral characterization of early nicotine withdrawal in the mouse: a potential model of acute dependence
BackgroundClinical and preclinical research have demonstrated that short-term exposure to nicotine during the initial experimentation stage can lead...
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Qualitative Phase: Codebook Development
In 2017, our Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative® project, entitled “Enabling ethical participation in...
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Consensus Paper: Cerebellum and Reward
Cerebellum is a key-structure for the modulation of motor, cognitive, social and affective functions, contributing to automatic behaviours through...
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Pharmacological Targets and Mechanisms of Action of Antipsychotic Substances in the Context of the Neurochemical Theory of the Pathogenesis of Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is characterized by neurochemical, morphological, bioelectrical, and behavioral changes in the body, which overall produce a system of...
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Evolution and challenges of opioids in pain management: Understanding mechanisms and exploring strategies for safer analgesics
Opioids traced back to ancient civilizations, have evolved in their usage for acute and chronic pain treatment. Their interaction with the endogenous...
