The Hijacked brain
Description
Aided by powerful new diagnostic tools, scientists are making dramatic discoveries about how addiction affects the brain. In this program, Moyers goes into the laboratory to follow researchers engaged in charting an "image of desire" in the brain. We actually see images of a cocaine user's brain as the drug takes effect, and a doctor explains how these scans reveal addiction as a chronic relapsing brain disease. Moyers observes a genetic researcher as he monitors a variety of factors that may determine who is likely to develop alcoholism.
Runtime
57 min
Series
Subjects
- Decision making (78)
- Social work with drug addicts (13)
- Brain (487)
- Drug addiction (114)
- Substance abuse (361)
- Compulsive behavior (39)
- Impulse control disorders (49)
- Drug addicts (32)
- Dependency (Psychology) (25)
Genre
Date of Publication
[2005], c1998
Database
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