Trying to unlock the secrets of addiction
Scientists are scanning the brains of smokers and alcoholics to understand cravings.
You might think reaching for that cup of coffee or that cigarette is a simple decision.But scientists think the way we act to satisfy cravings involves a little-understood automated response — one we have no control over — and researchers are using brain scans to unlock its secrets."If there's an automated component to craving, we really want to understand how it works," said Elliot Stein, director of the neuro-imaging lab at the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
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