Here are my Research Blogging Editor's Selections for this week!
- At BPS Research Digest, Christian Jarrett asks what makes for an effective apology?
- Krystal D'Costa of the Urban Ethnographer blog describes an afternoon at a fish market in New York City, and ponders the relationship of smell and memory.
- The Neuroskeptic asks "Are you addicted to Starcraft? Do you want to get off Battle.net and on a psychoactive drug?" Is there really a drug that can curb your addiction to video games?
- Dirk Hanson of Addiction Inbox discusses the chase for the genes implicated in cocaine addiction.
More like this
The latest issue of the Journal of Public Health Policy includes an interesting piece by Linda Richter and Susan E.
When it comes to substance abuse disorders, public health and the public at-large are hardly on the same page — in fact, they’re not even reading the same book.
Addiction factoid of the Day:
In medical terminology, addiction is a state in which the body relies on a substance for normal functioning and develops physical dependence.