Eye-opening Research On Drug Addiction That Will Surprise you! 🐀🧠👩‍🔬🤯

Why do people use drugs/alcohol despite severe consequences? Over the years, there's been lots of research on the topic of addiction. Let's take a look at what the scientists (and rats) are telling us about the nature of addiction.

00:00 Why are drugs so addictive
1:45 Original rat research on drugs
2:16 Nucleus Accumbens
2:27 Dopamine
3:37 Genetic vulnerability toward addiction
4:18 Research on negative consequences of drug-seeking
6:19 How drugs decrease your ability to experience pleasure
7:35 How marijuana and cocaine impacts our ability to measure time
10:37 The impact of Benzodiazepine on empathy

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OTHER VIDEO SOURCES USED IN THE MAKING OF THIS VIDEO:
🧠Brain Mechanisms Of Pleasure Of Addiction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=de_b7k9kQp0
🐀Rats on Drugs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLlIdEWco4M
👩🔬Anxiety medication limits empathic behavior in rats: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLlIdEWco4M

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