Punishment learning is learning of the causal relationship between responses and their
adverse or undesirable consequences. Here, we review our translational approach for …

Voluntary behaviors (operants) can come in two varieties: Goal‐directed actions, which are
emitted based on the remembered value of the reinforcer, and habits, which are evoked by …

Alcohol use disorder extracts substantial personal, social and clinical costs, and continued
intake despite negative consequences (compulsion-like consumption) can contribute …

When exposed to a straightforward task where an action has a net detrimental outcome, we
have found that the propensity to stop making detrimental choices is bimodally distributed …

Methamphetamine use disorder (MUD) is characterized by loss of control over compulsive
drug use. Here, we used a self-administration (SA) model to investigate transcriptional …

Adolescents are often portrayed as reckless risk-takers because of their immature brains.
Recent research has cast doubt on this portrayal, identifying the environment as a moderator …

The adsorptive removal of pharmaceutical contaminants, such as diclofenac sodium (DFS),
from water is of high environmental importance because of their adverse biological effects …

According to the literature, individuals who start tobacco smoking during adolescence are at
greater risk of developing severe tobacco addiction and heavier smoking behavior in …

Resistance to punishment is commonly used to measure the difficulty in refraining from
rewarding activities when negative consequences ensue, which is a hallmark of addictive …

Chronic psychostimulant use causes long-lasting changes to neural and cognitive function
that persist after long periods of abstinence. As cocaine users transition from drug use to …