Studies of Electrical Intracranial Self-Stimulation Have Influenced the Development of Biopsychological

question 116

Multiple Choice

Studies of electrical intracranial self-stimulation have influenced the development of biopsychological theories of addiction by indicating that

• A) the rewarding effects of drugs play a major role in addiction.
• B) there are particular areas of the brain that mediate the experience of pleasure.
• C) drug withdrawal and drug pleasure are opposite processes.
• D) there are particular areas of the brain that mediate pleasure from drugs.
• E) the brain mediates pleasure.

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