The Addictive Brain
Offered By: The Great Courses Plus
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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