A self in the mirror: Mirror neurons, self-referential processing, and substance use disorders

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1697-1726

  Newlin, David B ^a   Renton, Rachael M ^b  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

"craving"; Addiction; Drug abuse; Evolutionary theory; FMRI; Habit; Mirror neuron; Self; Self referential processing; TDCS; Theory of Mind; TMS

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMITATION; IMPULSIVENESS; NERVE CELL; NEUROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEURONS; SELF CONCEPT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 77954222006     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10826084.2010.482421     Document Type: Article

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