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Addiction · Compulsive seeking when reward prediction and control circuits tip.

Reviewed 2026-08·Sources & research·Media credits

Open questions still driving Addiction research.

Tech and ethics sit beside mechanism.

Open questions

Open question 1

An active debate about reward learning gone sticky.

Open question 2

An active debate about reward learning gone sticky.

Open question 3

An active debate about reward learning gone sticky.

Open question 4

An active debate about reward learning gone sticky.

Open question 5

An active debate about reward learning gone sticky.

Technology

Technology 1

An emerging approach for Addiction.

Technology 2

An emerging approach for Addiction.

Technology 3

An emerging approach for Addiction.

Technology 4

An emerging approach for Addiction.

Technology 5

An emerging approach for Addiction.

Ethics

Ethics 1

An ethical tension around reward learning gone sticky.

Ethics 2

An ethical tension around reward learning gone sticky.

Ethics 3

An ethical tension around reward learning gone sticky.

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Sources & research

  1. Neural systems of reinforcement for drug addictionEveritt BJ; Robbins TW · 2005 · Nature NeuroscienceDOIPubMed
  2. The neural basis of addictionKoob GF; Volkow ND · 2010 · NeuropsychopharmacologyDOIPubMed
  3. Addiction as a brain disease revisedHeilig M; et al. · 2021 · NeuropsychopharmacologyDOIPubMed

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