Addiction
We currently are working on several projects related to addiction. We are examining how changes in emotions and decision-making over time relate to changes in functioning among people with current and past Substance Use Disorder. This work is led by Nina Christie. We are also examining the stability of delay discounting over a 10-year period, and the degree to which it predicts successful quitting in a sample of cigarette smokers (in collaboration with Shan Luo, PhD and Eustace Hsu, PhD).
Eating
In collaboration with Kathleen Page, MD, our lab is carrying out neuroimaging work on CNS substrates of appetite. This includes recent work led by Xiaobei Zhang, PhD assessing the impact of non-nutritive sweetener on appetite regulation. We are also (in collaboration with Alayna Tackett, PhD) examining the impact of vaping on appetite regulation using functional neuroimaging. Our lab is currently supported in this work through a grant from the National Institute of Health (through 2024).
Recent Publications
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Monterosso, J. R., & Schwartz, B. (2020). Addiction science and the perception of freewill. Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour, 50(3), 373-390.
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Zhang, X., Luo, S., Jones, S., Hsu, E., Page, K. A., & Monterosso, J. R. (2020). Impacts of Acute Sucralose and Glucose on Brain Activity during Food Decisions in Humans. Nutrients, 12(11), 3283.
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Cao Q., Hofmeyr, A., Hsu, E., Luo, S., Monterosso, J. (in press) Effects of Holding One Attribute Constant During an Intertemporal Choice Task. Experimental Psychology
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Melrose, A. J., Hsu, E., & Monterosso, J. (2015). The Potent but Inconsistent Motivations Characteristic of Addiction. The Wiley Handbook on the Cognitive Neuroscience of Addiction, 440.
Contact
Addiction & Self Control Lab
3620 South McClintock
SGM 501
Los Angeles, CA 90089
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