Brain & Behavior
An Introduction to Biological Psychology
Fourth Edition
SAGE Journal Articles
Questions that apply to this article:
- What is executive function? How have you used it today?
- How did the researchers characterize the drug use and executive functions of their subjects?
- What biases or other factors can influence research on drug use and its effects?
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Questions that apply to this article:
- What are the risks of smoking cigarettes and what chemicals within the cigarettes lead people to smoke them?
- What benefits do e-cigarettes offer?
- If e-cigarettes offer a different source of nicotine, but still provide that addictive chemical, it is ethical to sell them to adults? What about to children?
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Questions that apply to this article:
- What is internet addiction and how is it similar to and different from the drug addictions described in the textbook?
- What is “chronotype” and why might it be a factor in internet addiction?
- How did the authors collect data for this study and what concerns might you have about these methods?
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Questions that apply to this article:
- Why did these researchers want to study genes associated with dopamine?
- What do the results of this study suggest about the relationship between these genes and addiction?
- Why is it useful and important to publish studies with this type of result?