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L’addiction: lorsque l’emballement des mécanismes d’apprentissage conduit à la perte du libre arbitre

Addiction: from learning to compulsion

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L’addiction est désormais envisagée comme un apprentissage pathologique responsable d’un surentraînement et d’une altération des mécanismes de prise de décision, entraînant une perte de contrôle du comportement. Bien qu’engagé systématiquement après exposition aux substances, ce processus ne se déroule jusqu’à la compulsion que chez certains individus vulnérables.

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Addiction disease is a form of pathological learning responsible for overlearning and ultimately leading to the loss of behavioural control. This process, while systematically engaged after exposure to drugs, only leads to compulsion in some of the more vulnerable addictive drug users.

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Balland, B., Lüscher, C. L’addiction: lorsque l’emballement des mécanismes d’apprentissage conduit à la perte du libre arbitre. Psychiatr Sci Hum Neurosci 7, 35–42 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11836-009-0079-1

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