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A General Method for Evaluating Incubation of Sucrose Craving in Rats
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Longing to act: Bayesian inference as a framework for craving in behavioral addiction.
Kaustubh R Kulkarni1, Madeline O'Brien1, Xiaosi Gu2
1Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, United States; Center for Computational Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, United States.
Addictive Behaviors
|May 18, 2023
Summary
This review proposes a unified Bayesian computational framework for craving, integrating substance use and behavioral addictions. It conceptualizes craving as a belief about bodily states, guiding future research and treatment for addiction.
Area of Science:
- Neuroscience
- Psychiatry
- Computational Psychiatry
Background:
- Craving is a hallmark of drug addiction, but also present in behavioral addictions without drug use.
- Mechanisms underlying craving in substance use disorders (SUDs) and behavioral addictions (BAs) require integration.
- An overarching theory is needed to unify craving across diverse addictive disorders.
Conclusions:
- A unified Bayesian computational framework for craving generalizes across addictive disorders.
- This model explains conflicting empirical findings and offers a deeper understanding of addiction mechanisms.
- The framework has significant implications for developing effective therapeutic targets for both behavioral and drug addictions.
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