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Judith Grisel, "Never Enough: The Neuroscience and Experience of Addiction" (Doubleday, 2019)

New Books in Psychology

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Understanding the Neuroscience of Addiction

This chapter explores how addiction affects the brain, focusing on the mesolimbic pathway involved in pleasure. It highlights the cycle of decreased sensitivity and increased consumption that characterizes addiction, alongside its long-term emotional and psychological consequences.

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