Cognition and Addiction: A Researcher’s Guide from Mechanisms Towards Interventions

Cognition and Addiction: A Researcher’s Guide from Mechanisms Towards Interventions provides researchers with a guide to recent cognitive neuroscience advances in addiction theory, phenotyping, treatments and new vistas, including both substance and behavioral addictions. This book focuses on “what to know” and “how to apply” information, prioritizing novel principles and delineating cutting-edge assessment, phenotyping and treatment tools. Written by world renowned researcher Antonio Verdejo-Garcia, this resource will become a go-to guide for researchers in the field of cognitive neuroscience and addiction.

Examines cognitive neuroscience advances in addiction theory, including both substance and behavioral addictionsDiscusses primary principles of cutting-edge assessment, phenotyping and treatment toolsIncludes detailed chapters on neuro-epidemiology and genetic imaging

Section 1: COGNITIVE PRINCIPLES OF ADDICTION 1. Cognition – the interface between nature and nurture in addiction 2. From impulses to compulsions 3. Dual models of addiction 4. Decision-making in addiction 5. Social cognition in addiction 6. A neurocognitive model of addiction comorbidities

Section 2: COGNITIVE PHENOTYPING OF SUBSTANCE AND BEHAVIORAL ADDICTIONS 7. Alcohol and tobacco 8. Marijuana and cannabinoids 9. Stimulants 10. Opiates 11. Gambling 12. Internet and other disruptive technologies

Section 3: COGNITIVE TRAINING 13. Cognitive Bias Modification 14. Working Memory Training 15. Inhibitory Control Training 16. Goal Management Training 17. Brain Stimulation 18. Cognitive Enhancers

Section 4: NEW VISTAS 19. Population neuroscience in addiction 20. Neuro-epidemiology 21. Big data 22. Modeling addiction recovery 23. Clinical translation and implementation science for novel cognitive interventions 24. Synergistic opportunities in combined interventions