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.

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