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Addiction research

the theory that repeated drug use sensitizes brain systems that assign incentive value, so craving or wanting grows even as liking does not.

In addiction research, incentive sensitization theory refers to the theory that repeated drug use sensitizes brain systems that assign incentive value, so craving or wanting grows even as liking does not. This meaning comes from Robinson (1993) in Brain Research Reviews.[1]

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craving1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone construct incentive4 fields · 5 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs sensitization3 fields · 3 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs

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Robinson, T. E., & Berridge, K. C. (1993). The neural basis of drug craving: An incentive-sensitization theory of addiction. Brain Research Reviews, 18(3), 247-291. https://doi.org/10.1016/0165-0173(93)90013-p

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