The Addictive Brain

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Course Description

Overview

Discover the neural mechanisms that underlie the behaviors of addiction in this fascinating course taught by one of the top cognitive neuroscientists in the country.

Syllabus

By This Professor
01: Addiction 101
02: The Psychology and Neuroscience of Reward
03: How Addiction Hijacks the Brain
04: Genetics-Born to Be an Addict?
05: Your Brain on Drugs
06: Why We Crave Coffee and Cigarettes
07: Alcohol-Social Lubricant or Drug of Abuse?
08: The Science of Marijuana
09: Stimulants-From Cocaine to Ritalin
10: The Science of Poppies, Pleasure, and Pain
11: The Gambler's Brain
12: Junk Food, Porn, Video Games-Addictions?

Taught by

Thad A. Polk

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