DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

The addictive brain / Thad A. Polk.

[Version with CD-ROM guidebook]

Chantilly, VA : Teaching Company, [2015]

2 videodiscs (approximately 360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 CD-ROM.

digital optical

NTSC

video file DVD video

text file PDF

Addiction touches us all. Whether it's a friend who can't quit smoking, a colleague afflicted with alcoholism, or a relative abusing prescription drugs, we all know someone who suffers from some form of addiction--we may even have an addiction ourselves. By some estimates, roughly one in four Americans might be considered addicts. On the other hand, many of us use substances such as alcohol recreationally, without suffering the physical or psychological symptoms of addiction. So what is the difference between drug use, abuse, and clinical addiction? What causes addictions? What happens when your brain is on drugs, and why do addicts behave the way they do?

Great courses (DVD). Better living

Great courses (DVD). Better living.

Brain.

Substance abuse.

Neurophysiology.

Neurosciences.

Brain -- Physiology.

Lectures.

Educational films.

Polk, Thad A.

Teaching Company.

"Course no. 1668"--Disc label.

Accompanying PDF contains course workbook in CD-ROM format.

12 lectures (each 30 min.).

Course guidebook includes an outline for each lecture, a glossary, biographical notes, and a bibliography.

Lecturer: Professor Thad A. Polk, University of Michigan.

DVD, all regions.

Home use only.

1. Addiction 101 -- 2. The Psychology and neuroscience of reward -- 3. How addiction hijacks the brain -- 4. Genetics: born to be an addict? -- 5. Your brain on drugs -- 6. Why we crave coffee and cigarettes -- 7. Alcohol: social lubricant or drug of abuse? -- 8. The science of marijuana -- 9. Stimulants: from cocaine to Ritalin -- 10. The science of poppies, pleasure, and pain -- 11. The gambler's brain -- 12. Junk food, porn, video games: addictions?

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