Open AccessThe Ups and Downs of Relating Nondrug Reward Activation to Substance Use Risk in Adolescents
Author(s) -
James M. Bjork
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
current addiction reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.988
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 2196-2952
DOI - 10.1007/s40429-020-00327-7
Subject(s) - psychology , addiction , substance use , functional magnetic resonance imaging , dopaminergic , reward system , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , substance dependence , addictive behavior , cognition , psychiatry , neuroscience , dopamine
A wealth of epidemiological and cohort research, together with a healthy dose of anecdote, has characterized late-adolescence and emerging adulthood as a time of increased substance use and other risky behaviors. This review will address whether differences between adolescents or between adolescents and other age groups in dopaminergic mesolimbic recruitment by (non-drug) rewards inferred from functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) could partially explain morbidity and mortality from risky-behavior-related causes in adolescents.