Genes and the Motivation to Use Substances

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Stoltenberg, Scott F. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Nebraska Symposium on Motivation, 61
• Subjects: Psychology.; Human genetics.; Biological psychology.; Cognitive psychology.; Biological Psychology.; Cognitive Psychology.; Human Genetics.

Human beings have been using intoxicating substances for millennia. But while most people have used psychoactive substances without becoming dependent on them, a significant minority develop substance use disorders. The question remains: why does addiction occur in some and not others? The 61st inst...