Investigating addiction - for iPad/Mac/PC

Investigating addiction - for iPad/Mac/PC

The Open University

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What makes some people develop an addiction while others don't? Could genes or social environment influence addictive behaviours? In this album, scientists in the US and the UK explore the psychology and biology of addiction by subjecting a recovering alcoholic and his sister, a non-addict, to a range of physiological, psychological and genetic studies. The results raise interesting questions about brain patterns underlying addictions, and how ad...Read More
What makes some people develop an addiction while others don't? Could genes or social envi...Read More
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Investigating addiction

20 Apr 2010 | 55 secs

Investigating addict...

20 Apr 2010 | 55 secs

Physiological aspects of ...

03 Sep 2008 | 06 mins 30 secs

Physiological aspect...

03 Sep 2008 | 06 mins 30 secs

The addiction files

03 Sep 2008 | 01 min 23 secs

The addiction files

03 Sep 2008 | 01 min 23 secs

Social influences on addi...

03 Sep 2008 | 05 mins 51 secs

Social influences on...

03 Sep 2008 | 05 mins 51 secs

Psychological influences ...

03 Sep 2008 | 05 mins 44 secs

Psychological influe...

03 Sep 2008 | 05 mins 44 secs

The genetic dimension of ...

03 Sep 2008 | 06 mins 38 secs

The genetic dimensio...

03 Sep 2008 | 06 mins 38 secs

Living with addiction

03 Sep 2008 | 01 min

Living with addictio...

03 Sep 2008 | 01 min