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The Situational Effects of Dopamine

Posted by The Situationist Staff on February 1, 2010

From Big Think: Drug addiction researcher Nora Volkow walks us through the singular chemical that drives substance abuse.

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To review a sample of related Situationist posts, see “Are Video Games Addictive?,” “The Situation of Gambling,” “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” and “The Science of Addiction, The Myth of Choice.”

To watch a related ABC News video, titled “New Science Offers Hope to Addicts,” click here.

 

 

 

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One Response to “The Situational Effects of Dopamine”

  1. Simoleon Sense » Blog Archive » The Situational Effects of Dopamine said

    February 1, 2010 at 9:57 pm

    [...] how I wish I could run a blog like The Situationist This time they find post from the big think blog where  researcher Nora Volkow walks us through [...]

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