Breaking Bad Habits: Classical Conditioning and Smoking

Breaking bad habits: classical conditioning and smoking

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A previously neutral stimulus can evoke a particular behaviour through an association with an emotionally significant outcome. Pavlov found that after repeatedly pairing … These systems become “hijacked” by the drugs of abuse, producing maladaptive …
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Can we assume all assailants would be treated like Souter?

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Can we assume all assailants would be treated like Souter? Thursday 7 March 2013. WE, the ever so humble members of the laity, know that, when a judge takes the judicial oath, human frailties such as class prejudice and subjective thinking are …
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Cape Cod Hospital Plans to Close Popular Endoscopy Center that Serves More …

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Also, we care for many patients with a psychological and drug abuse history who take multiple medications and require care from a hospital based program. And in our program, as a true community hospital, we take care of everyone, from all backgrounds …
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Valium: It's more addictive than heroin, with horrifying side-effects, so why …

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One of the benzodiazepine family of drugs, Valium is more addictive than heroin but is used by 1.5 million people in this country to treat wide-ranging problems including anxiety, panic attacks, insomnia, muscle spasms, restless legs syndrome and …
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