Cognitive Neuroscience of Addiction

About this course

Addictive disorders involve complex interactions among neurobiological, psychological, environmental, and sociocultural features and can reflect problems across a range of substances or behaviors. From drug abuse, to gambling, to the more controversial sex addiction and food addiction, problems with addiction share important commonalities in neurocircuitry. In this course, we will adopt a multidisciplinary lens and review contemporary research involving techniques such as brain stimulation and real-time neurofeedback to explore addiction processes and strategies for treatment.

Pre-requisites

One course in neuroscience, physiological psychology, biological psychology, or cognitive psychology at university level.

Faculty

Ieva Miseviciute

Faculty

B.A. (Psychology, Vytautas Magnus University, 2011-2015). M.A. (Neurobiology, Vilnius University, 2015-2017). Ph.D. (Neuroscience and Brain Technologies, Italian Institute of Technology, 2017-2021). Science writer, Tobii, 2022-present. Medical reviewer, Cactus Communications, 2021-2022. Science writer and consultant, Kolabtree, 2021-2022. PhD researcher, Italian Institute of Technology, 2017-2021. With DIS since2025.