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Genes and the Motivation to Use Substances (Nebraska Symposium on Motivation)
Taiji Kawakatsu
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Hardcover. Genes and the Motivation to Use Substances Editor(s): Stoltenberg, Scott F. Series: Nebraska Symposium on Motivation. Num Pages: 153 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, 9 colour illustrations, 6 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JMR; MFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 159 x 13. Weight in Grams: 378.
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 installment of the Nebraska Symposium on Motivation, Genes and the Motivation to Use Substances probes the complex role of genetics in substance use and abuse across diverse methodologies, research organisms, levels of analysis and disciplines. Its combined lifespan/motivation approach to individual differences sheds necessary light on genetic vs. environmental factors in vulnerability, addiction risk, the relationship between ... Read more
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 installment of the Nebraska Symposium on Motivation, Genes and the Motivation to Use Substances probes the complex role of genetics in substance use and abuse across diverse methodologies, research organisms, levels of analysis and disciplines. Its combined lifespan/motivation approach to individual differences sheds necessary light on genetic vs. environmental factors in vulnerability, addiction risk, the relationship between ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer
Condition
New
Series
Nebraska Symposium on Motivation
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781493906529
SKU
V9781493906529
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About Taiji Kawakatsu
Dr. Stoltenberg holds a PhD in psychology with a focus on behavior genetics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He proceeded to do a NIAAA funded postdoctoral fellowship in human alcoholism genetics at the Addiction Research Center at the University of Michigan. He then joined the University of Michigan research faculty in the Psychiatry Department, where he continued to ... Read more
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