Abstract

The liberating dimension of human habit in addiction context.

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  • The notion of habit has acquired an important role within studies of drug addiction and dependence

  • In the case of motor habits, behavior is based on a stimulusresponse model, while motivational habits refer to compulsive behavior that is controlled by an emotional/motivational state and seems to be at least partially goaldirected

  • They affirm that habitual addictive behaviors are related to reinforcement and are conditioned by the presence of diverse environmental and motivational factors associated with the moment of consumption

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Introduction

The notion of habit has acquired an important role within studies of drug addiction and dependence. Sjoerds’s proposal is a marked improvement over a strictly motor-habit notion of addiction, but we believe that it still falls short of the full context in which the notion of habit acquires its full significance.

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