"The image of the addict in popular culture combines victimhood and moral failure; we sympathize with addicts in films and novels because of their suffering and their hard-won knowledge. And yet actual scientific knowledge about addiction tends to undermine this cultural construct. In What Is Addiction? leading addiction researchers from neuroscience, psychology, genetics, philosophy, economics…
"Based on 40 years of research and shedding new light on possible treatments for addiction, Siegel presents a compelling overview of the role of learning and Pavlovian condistioning in drug addiction"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.