Brian A. Anderson, Ph.D., Texas A&M University, will follow up on prior research in which he identified a phenomenon called value-driven attention, which has implications for understanding and treating drug addictions. Value-driven attention refers to the tendency to turn one’s attention to a stimulus that has previously come with a reward, despite attempts to ignore it. Dr. Anderson seeks to better distinguish among learned factors that give rise to such attentional biases, and connect them to specific processes in the brain. Basic Research ADDICTION/SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERSAddiction-General
