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Substance and Non-substance Addiction

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Addiction is marked by repeating a certain behavior while ignoring the potential physical or mental consequences. Non-substance addiction provides an ideal model for researching the emergence and development of addiction’s basic mechanism. Comparative studies of substance and non-substance addiction are helpful to reveal the common basis of addiction development. This article explores this topic from a psychological angle, touching upon sensation seeking, inhibitory control, attentional bias, intertemporal choice and environment. A review of previous literature urges future research to propose a biopsychosocial model of addiction and consider addiction’s effect on basic cognitive function alongside cognitive neuroscience technology.

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  1. Department of Pharmacology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, 100191, China

    Yu Chen

  2. National Institute on Drug Dependence, Peking University, No. 38, Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100191, China

    Yu Chen, Yan Sun, Si-Zhi Ai & Jie Shi

  3. Program in Human Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA

    Jason J. Li

  4. Institute of Mental Health/Peking University Sixth Hospital and National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders & Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Peking University, Beijing, 100191, China

    Lin Lu

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Chen, Y., Sun, Y., Ai, SZ., Li, J.J., Lu, L., Shi, J. (2017). Similarities and Differences in Psychology. In: Zhang, X., Shi, J., Tao, R. (eds) Substance and Non-substance Addiction. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 1010. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-5562-1_6

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