Attention, Reward, Motivation and Addiction

• Brain mechanisms underlying reward and motivation (L. Coolen, I. Webb)
• Cognitive and hippocampal effects of surgical weight loss (B. Grayson)
• Monoaminergic systems (R. Lin, K. Simpson, R. Darling, Y. Lu, I. Webb, I. Paul, L. Coolen)
• Neurogenetic influences on vulnerability to addiction (D. Platt, J. Rowlett)
• Pharmacological mechanisms underlying addictive behaviors (J. Rowlett, D. Platt)
• Sex and gender differences in the brain and in behavior (M. Lehman, L. Coolen)
• The neurobiological basis of addiction (L. Coolen, I. Webb)