This article reviews the emerging research on cognitive training for substance use disorders,
and discusses the neuroscientific mechanisms that underlie cognitive training effects in …

The past decade has witnessed a surge in research on training paradigms aimed at directly
influencing cognitive processes in addiction and other psychopathology. Broadly, two …

Cognitive retraining or cognitive bias modification (CBM) involves having subjects
repeatedly perform a computerized task designed to reduce the impact of automatic …

Highlights•Cognitive-motivational processes in addictions can be directly targeted with
cognitive training.•Cognitive training has yielded promising findings when combined with …

Drug addiction is a chronic and relapsing disorder in which repeated drug exposure
compromises brain neuroplasticity. Brain areas normally involved in learning and goal …

Substance-related disorders are complex psychiatric disorders that are characterized by
continued consumption in spite of harmful consequences. Addiction affects various brain …

Neuroimaging provides a tool for investigating the neurobiological mechanisms of cognitive
interventions in addiction. The aim of this review was to describe the brain circuits that are …

Drug addiction continues to be an important public health problem, with an estimated 22.6
million current illicit drug users in the United States alone. For many addictions, including …

Highlights•Cognitive mechanisms of addiction include automatic and controlled processes.•
Strengthening of automatic and weakening of controlled processes are …

Two broad classes of cognitive training can be distinguished that have been tested as
(additional) interventions in addiction and other psychopathology (1): training of general …