Friday October 14, 2011

Title: "Touch of Temptation: Individual Differences in the Ability to Resist Reward Cues and Implications for Addiction"

Dr. Terry Robinson
University of Michigan
Department of Psychology
Ann Arbor, MI, USA

Abstract:

Cues associated with rewards, such as food or drugs, can acquire considerable control over behavior, for example, instigating actions to obtain the reward. There are, however, large individual differences in the motivational properties of reward cues, and the extent to which they can be resisted. This presentation will address the implications of individual differences in cue-evoked motivational processes and in cognitive control in the development of impulse control disorders, including addiction, and possible neurobiological substrates.

Room: TBA
Time: 3:30pm
FREE ADMISSION