The role of habits and motivation in human drug addiction: A reflection

Frontiers in Psychiatry

Volumn 5, Issue JAN, 2014, Pages

  Sjoerds, Zsuzsika ^a,b,c   Luigjes, Judy ^b   van den Brink, Wim ^b   Denys, Damiaan ^b,d   Yücel, Murat ^e  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

^d NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Addiction; Goal directed behavior; Habit formation; Habits; Motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893496912     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16640640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2014.00008     Document Type: Article

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