Marc Lewis

The Biology of Desire

why addiction is not a disease. Sprachen: Englisch. 19,5 cm / 13,0 cm / 1,7 cm ( B/H/T )
EAN 9781925228779
14,50 €
inkl. MwSt.
Juli 2016
Scribe UK

Through the vivid, true stories of five people who journeyed into and out of addiction, a renowned neuroscientist explains why addiction is not a disease, but rather the formation of a habit.

Dr Marc Lewis is a neuroscientist and professor of developmental psychology, now teaching at Radboud University in the Netherlands after more than twenty years on faculty at the University of Toronto. He has authored or co-authored more than fifty journal articles in neuroscience and developmental psychology. Presently, he speaks and blogs on topics in addiction science, and his critically acclaimed book, Memoirs of an Addicted Brain: a neuroscientist examines his former life on drugs, is the first to blend memoir and science in addiction studies.