British Neuroscience Association

BNA 2015 Festival of Neuroscience – ‘Drugs, Addiction and Freewill: Do Addicted Individuals Have Free Will?’ Symposium

Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC) 150 Morrison Street, Edinburgh , United Kingdom

The symposium 'Drugs, Addiction and Freewill: Do Addicted Individuals Have Free Will?' will examine the alteration of neural processes by dopamine and changes by habit formation and compulsivity of neural circuitry. We will also consider how drugs of abuse can lead to compulsive drug taking and addiction, with loss of volition. [...]