The role of simulations in consumer experiences and behavior: insights from the grounded cognition theory of desire [PDF]
What are the mechanisms by which extrinsic and environmental cues affect consumer experiences, desires, and choices? Based on the recent grounded cognition theory of desire, we argue that consumption and reward simulations constitute a central mechanism ...
Barsalou, Lawrence W. +3 more
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Olanzapine Attenuates Cue-elicited Craving for Tobacco
Rationale: Recent biological conceptualizations of craving and addiction have implicated mesolimbic dopamine activity as a central feature of the process of addiction. Imaging, and pharmacological studies have supported a role for dopaminergic structures
Hutchinson, Kent E +5 more
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The German version of the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5): psychometric properties and diagnostic utility [PDF]
Background: The Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Checklist (PCL, now PCL-5) has recently been revised to reflect the new diagnostic criteria of the disorder.
Dyer, Anne +6 more
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Smokers and ex-smokers reaction to anti-smoking advertising : a mixed methods approach [PDF]
Anti-smoking advertising is a central component of modern public health policy. Nevertheless, some smokers have reported that viewing anti-smoking advertising provokes intense nicotine craving.
Kothe, Emily J., Mullan, Barbara A.
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Neural mechanisms underlying visual attention to healthwarnings on branded and plain cigarette packs [PDF]
AIMS: To (1) test if activation in brain regions related to reward (nucleus accumbens) and emotion (amygdala) differ when branded and plain packs of cigarettes are viewed, (2) test whether these activation patterns differ by smoking status and (3 ...
Balfour +47 more
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The « desire and automatism cue-reactivity questionnaire”
IntroductionAlcohol misuse is associated to cue-reactivity phenomena leading to consummation following desire and/or automatic processes.ObjectiveThe objective of the present study is to create a scale (the Desire and Automatism alcohol cue-Reactivity Questionnaire: DARQ-Alcohol) in order to assess desire and automatic reactivity to cue-stimuli-related
Y. Khazaal, J. Billieux, D. Zullino
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Ethical implications of research on craving [PDF]
Cravings, intense desires to experience the effects of a drug, are widely regarded as significant impediments to overcoming addiction, although their role in relapse may be overstated.
Carter, Adrian, Hall, Wayne
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Drug cue reactivity involves hierarchical instrumental learning: evidence from a biconditional Pavlovian to instrumental transfer task [PDF]
This is the final version of the article. Available from Springer Verlag via the DOI in this record.RATIONALE: Drug cue reactivity plays a crucial role in addiction, yet the underlying mechanisms are poorly understood. According to the binary associative
Hardy, L +3 more
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SB 206553, a putative 5-HT2C inverse agonist, attenuates methamphetamine-seeking in rats [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Methamphetamine (meth) dependence presents a substantial socioeconomic burden. Despite the need, there is no FDA-approved pharmacotherapy for psychostimulant dependence. We consider 5-HT(2C) receptors as viable therapeutic targets.
Steven M Graves, T Napier
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Playing 'Tetris' reduces the strength, frequency and vividness of naturally occurring cravings. [PDF]
Elaborated Intrusion Theory (EI) postulates that imagery is central to craving, therefore a visually based task should decrease craving and craving imagery.
Black, Nicola +9 more
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