Gray matter in brain's control center linked to ability to process reward; Structure-function impairments observed in people addicted to cocaine
Tuesday, November 29, 2011 - 14:31
in Psychology & Sociology
The more gray matter you have in the decision-making, thought-processing part of your brain, the better your ability to evaluate rewards and consequences. A new study is the first to show this link between structure and function in healthy people -- and the impairment of both in people addicted to cocaine.