ArticlePsychopharmacology2024
An economon model of drug addiction.
Article in Psychopharmacology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.
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- Intermittent and extended cocaine access attenuate cocaine-vs-food choice in male and female rats.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2026Article
- The quantitative economon model as a novel computational tool for addiction research.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2026Article
- Quantitative Economon Model of Transactions for Drugs and Other Commodities.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Heterogeneity in choice models of addiction: the role of context.Psychopharmacology · 2024Review
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Abstract
The term "economon" (i:'ka.nə.muhn; plural: economa) is introduced here to describe an economic unit composed of two participants engaged in mutually reinforcing operant behavior. Economa are basic building blocks of transactional behavior that aggregate in social networks called economies. In a drug-addiction economon, operant behavior by one participant (the "supplier") provides an addictive drug as a reinforcer to the second participant (a "Person with Substance Use Disorder; PwSUD"). Reciprocal operant behavior by the PwSUD usually provides money as a reinforcer to the supplier. After defining the features of the drug-addiction economon, this article discusses its implications for (1) prevalence and virulence of drug addiction, (2) opportunities for drug-addiction research in general, (3) the "brain-disease model of addiction" in particular, and (4) factors that mitigate harm or promote risk of drug addiction. The economon model is intended to provide a novel perspective on the uniquely human disorder of drug addiction.
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