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A bioinformational systems perspective on tobacco dependence
Author(s) -
NIAURA RAYMOND,
GOLDSTEIN MICHAEL,
ABRAMS DAVID
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
british journal of addiction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.424
H-Index - 193
eISSN - 1360-0443
pISSN - 0952-0481
DOI - 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1991.tb01814.x
Subject(s) - perspective (graphical) , nicotine dependence , nicotine , focus (optics) , function (biology) , process (computing) , psychology , cognition , cognitive psychology , cognitive science , neuroscience , epistemology , computer science , biology , artificial intelligence , physics , philosophy , evolutionary biology , operating system , optics
Recent thinking about tobacco dependence has been influenced largely by a focus on the pharmacological effects of nicotine. We advocate a return to earlier views of dependence as comprising both pharmacological and non‐pharmacological aspects. Moreover, we suggest that it may be profitable to reformulate research on dependence in terms of a bioinformational process model. The basic tenets of such a model are outlined, as are the challenges in exploring the nature of dependence simultaneously across the cognitive, physiological and behavioral domains of function.