Reactivating this part of brain restores pro-social behavior in opioid addiction
Saturday, April 4, 2020 - 10:40
in Psychology & Sociology
A new study in animals suggests that the social and interpersonal problems associated with opioid addiction might be reversible. Researchers in the Arizona State University Department of Psychology previously used an animal model of opioid addiction and empathy to show that animals stopped prosocial behaviors – helping another animal – when heroin was available. The same research […]