Episode 197 -- Catharine Winstanley PhD

Published: Feb. 21, 2019, 10:24 p.m.

Thursday, February 21, 2019

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Catharine Winstanley (UBC Vancouver) discusses mechanisms of impulsive and poor decision-making in gambling and its intersection with mechanisms of disparate drugs of abuse, addiction and relapse.  The group considers whether addiction is a single disease, and whether catecholamine systems are the final common pathway for various addiction trajectories.

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(apologies for some uneven sound, it\u2019s worth roughing it out!)

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Duration: 46 minutes

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Discussants:(in alphabetical order)

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Salma Quraishi (Res Asst Prof, UTSA)

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Carlos Paladini (Professor, UTSA)

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Matt Wanat (Asst Prof, UTSA)

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Charles Wilson (Ewing Halsell Chair, UTSA)

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acknowledgement: JM Tepper for original music.