Dopamine and the neural "now": Essay and review of addiction: A disorder of choice

Perspectives on Psychological Science

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 150-155

  Lewis, Marc D ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Choice vs. disease model; Craving; Dopamine; Hyperbolic discounting; Neuroscience of addiction

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051816525     PISSN: 17456916     EISSN: 17456924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1745691611400235     Document Type: Article

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