Monday, October 31, 2011

Findings offer new clues into the addicted brain

The Times of India -Psypost

What drives addicts to repeatedly choose drugs, alcohol, cigarettes, overeating, gambling or kleptomania, despite the risks involved?

Neuroscientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have pinpointed the exact locations in the brain where calculations are made that can result in addictive and compulsive behavior.

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Do you think that compulsive overeating is the same as other addictions?

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