The addict in us all

Frontiers in Psychiatry

Volumn 5, Issue OCT, 2014, Pages

  Dill, Brendan ^a   Holton, Richard ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

addiction; Desire; Ego depletion; Implementation intentions; Incentive salience; Mental contrasting; Mindfulness meditation; Self control

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN FUNCTION; DESIRE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INCENTIVE SALIENCE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDITATION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MINDFULNESS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; REWARD; SELF CONCEPT; SELF CONTROL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84909975335     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16640640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2014.00139     Document Type: Article

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