In the present review, an integrated approach to craving and addiction is discussed, which
is based on recent insights from psychology and neuropsychopharmacology. An integrated …

In typical cue reactivity paradigms there are large individual differences found in subjective
alcohol craving. Despite the fact that this is observed in many studies, research on the …

Cocaine abuse and addiction can be characterized by a persisting use of cocaine in the
face of adverse consequences. In the present study we focus on one specific element of …

Theoretical models of addiction suggest that attentional bias for substance-related cues
should be associated with self-reported craving. The authors evaluated the strength of the …

Starting from an addiction model of obesity, the present study examined differences in
attention for food-related stimuli and food intake between overweight/obese and normal-weight …

The present study further examined the relations between neuroticism, rumination, and
worry, on the one hand, and anxiety and depression, on the other hand, in a sample of 73 …

BACKGROUND: Anhedonia, the inability to experience pleasure, is a major endophenotype
of depression. In addition to this, it is an important clinical feature of schizophrenia and …

According to the theory of JA Gray, a strongly reactive approach system is highly sensitive to
reward or to cues that signal reward. This implies that intake driven by the rewarding …

Background: Several current theories emphasize the role of cognitive control in addiction.
The present review evaluates neural deficits in the domains of inhibitory control and error …

Impaired decision-making is a key-feature of many neuropsychiatric disorders. In the present
study, we examined task performance in a healthy population consisting of those whose …