Rutgers: Amid Cocaine Addiction, the Brain Struggles to Evaluate Which Behaviors Will Be Rewarding
October 26, 2023
October 26, 2023
NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Oct. 26 (TNSres) -- Rutgers University issued the following news:
By Andrew Smith
Rutgers researchers have used neuroimaging to demonstrate that cocaine addiction alters the brain's system for evaluating how rewarding various outcomes associated with our decisions will feel. This dampens an error signal that guides learning and adaptive behavior.
The observed changes likely propagate a mysterious aspect of some addictive behavior- . . .
By Andrew Smith
Rutgers researchers have used neuroimaging to demonstrate that cocaine addiction alters the brain's system for evaluating how rewarding various outcomes associated with our decisions will feel. This dampens an error signal that guides learning and adaptive behavior.
The observed changes likely propagate a mysterious aspect of some addictive behavior- . . .