ReviewNeuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology2020
"Chasing the first high": memory sampling in drug choice.
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- Interval Timing as a Computational Pathway From Early Life Adversity to Affective Disorders.Topics in cognitive science · 2024Article
- Back to the future: Progressing memory research in eating disorders.The International journal of eating disorders · 2023Article
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- Computational Mechanisms of Addiction and Anxiety: A Developmental Perspective.Biological psychiatry · 2023Review
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- Insights into the Neurobiology of Craving in Opioid Use Disorder.Current anesthesiology reports · 2020Article
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Abstract
Although vivid memories of drug experiences are prevalent within clinical contexts and addiction folklore ("chasing the first high"), little is known about the relevance of cognitive processes governing memory retrieval to substance use disorder. Drawing on recent work that identifies episodic memory's influence on decisions for reward, we propose a framework in which drug choices are biased by selective sampling of individual memories during two phases of addiction: (i) downward spiral into persistent use and (ii) relapse. Consideration of how memory retrieval influences the addiction process suggests novel treatment strategies. Rather than try to break learned associations between drug cues and drug rewards, treatment should aim to strengthen existing and/or create new associations between drug cues and drug-inconsistent rewards.
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