Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5844461 | Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry | 2014 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
The brain activation pattern observed suggests that chronic smokers experience an aversive response when processing aversive smoking-related stimuli, however we argue that the latter triggers a weaker negative emotional and driving response than the aversive non-smoking-related and appetitive smoking-related cues respectively. These fMRI results highlight potentially important processes underlying the insensitivity to the negative value of smoking, an important characteristic of addiction.
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Authors
Laurence Dinh-Williams, Adrianna Mendrek, Josiane Bourque, Stéphane Potvin,