Several studies indicate that individuals with substance use disorders (SUD) exhibit biases
in the cognitive processing of substance-related stimuli. These biases facilitate the detection …

Decision-making impairments play a pivotal role in the emergence and maintenance of
addictive disorders. However, a sound conceptualization of decision making as an umbrella …

Rationale Drug-addicted individuals show automatic approach tendencies towards drug-
related cues, ie, an approach bias (ApB). Nevertheless, little is known about ApB in tobacco …

Compulsive sexual behaviour (CSB) is relatively common and has been associated with
significant distress and psychosocial impairments. CSB has been conceptualized as either …

The goal of this study was to investigate the effects of different strategies for regulating
emotions associated with smoking on subjective, cognitive, and behavioral correlates of …

Rationale Poor behavioral control and heightened attentional bias toward alcohol-related
stimuli have independently received considerable attention in regard to their roles in alcohol …

There is a major public health need for innovative and efficacious behavioral and cognitive
interventions for smoking cessation. This randomized controlled trial evaluated the efficacy …

The incentive sensitisation model of obesity suggests that modification of the dopaminergic
associated reward systems in the brain may result in increased awareness of food-related …

Sign-tracking behavior in Pavlovian autoshaping is known to be a relevant index of the
incentive salience attributed to reward-related cues. Evidence has accumulated to suggest …

Many brain regions are involved in smoking addiction (eg insula, ventral tegmental area,
prefrontal cortex and hippocampus), and the manipulation of the activity of these brain …