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

Reviewed 2026-08·Sources & research·Media credits

Function pages turn anatomy into computations for Addiction.

Processes summarise mainstream models, not a single dogma.

Processes

Process 1

A computational step in reward learning gone sticky.

Process 2

A computational step in reward learning gone sticky.

Process 3

A computational step in reward learning gone sticky.

Process 4

A computational step in reward learning gone sticky.

Process 5

A computational step in reward learning gone sticky.

Process 6

A computational step in reward learning gone sticky.

Networks

Network 1
72
Network 2
58
Network 3
41
Network 4
85
Network 5
30

Network 1

Relative emphasis of network 1 in reward learning gone sticky (editorial).

Network 2

Relative emphasis of network 2 in reward learning gone sticky (editorial).

Network 3

Relative emphasis of network 3 in reward learning gone sticky (editorial).

Network 4

Relative emphasis of network 4 in reward learning gone sticky (editorial).

Network 5

Relative emphasis of network 5 in reward learning gone sticky (editorial).

Examples

Example 1

Lab or everyday example of reward learning gone sticky.

Example 2

Lab or everyday example of reward learning gone sticky.

Example 3

Lab or everyday example of reward learning gone sticky.

Example 4

Lab or everyday example of reward learning gone sticky.

Compare network percentages with the profile radar.

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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