Journal article
A contextualized reinforcer pathology approach to addiction
Abstract
Behavioural economic accounts of addiction conceptualize harmful drug use as an operant reinforcer pathology, emphasizing that a drug is consumed because of overvaluation of smaller immediate rewards relative to larger delayed rewards (delay discounting) and high drug reinforcing value (drug demand). These motivational processes are within-individual determinants of behaviour. A third element of learning theory posits that harmful drug use …
Authors
Acuff SF; MacKillop J; Murphy JG
Journal
Nature Reviews Psychology, Vol. 2, No. 5, pp. 309–323
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
2023
DOI
10.1038/s44159-023-00167-y
ISSN
2731-0574