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The Janus faces of addiction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2010

Peter Shizgal
Affiliation:
Centre for Studies in Behavioral Neurobiology, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaH3G 1M8. shizgal@csbn.concordia.ca

Abstract

Heyman proposes that external stimuli can promote a switch from a local to a global frame of reference for evaluating the consequences of behavior and that such a change might be critical to breaking the grip of drag addiction. Could incentive stimuli promote a switch in the opposite direction and thus contribute to relapse in the recovered addict?

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Open Peer Commentary
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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