Importance Craving, which is a strong desire for drugs, is a newDSM-5diagnostic criterion
for substance use disorders (SUDs), which are the most prevalent, costly, and deadly forms …

Opioid use disorder (OUD) is a chronic relapsing disorder that, whilst initially driven by
activation of brain reward neurocircuits, increasingly engages anti-reward neurocircuits that …

Rewards are both “liked” and “wanted,” and those 2 words seem almost interchangeable.
However, the brain circuitry that mediates the psychological process of “wanting” a particular …

The impaired response inhibition and salience attribution (iRISA) model proposes that
impaired response inhibition and salience attribution underlie drug seeking and taking. To …

According to learning‐based models of behavior, food cue reactivity and craving are
conditioned responses that lead to increased eating and subsequent weight gain. However …

When people are forced to be isolated from each other, do they crave social interactions? To
address this question, we used functional magnetic resonance imaging to measure neural …

Supported by recent human neuroimaging studies, the insula is re-emerging as an important
brain area not only in the physiological understanding of the brain, but also in pathological …

Aims To review the evidence base for classifying compulsive sexual behavior (CSB) as a
non‐substance or 'behavioral'addiction. Methods Data from multiple domains (eg …

Most people use the Internet as a functional tool to perform their personal goals in everyday-
life such as making airline or hotel reservations. However, some individuals suffer from a …

Popularity and availability of smartphones have dramatically increased in the past years.
This trend is accompanied by increased concerns regarding potentially adverse effects of …