PSYCH 053: Neurocentrism: Addiction and the Courtroom
This chapter examines the growing influence of neuroscience in legal and societal understandings of behaviour - particularly in the context of addiction. Neurocentrism refers to the tendency to explain complex human actions primarily, or exclusively, in terms of brain function.
In addiction, advances in neuroscience have highlighted changes in reward pathways, impulse control, and decision-making systems. These findings have reshaped addiction as a disorder of brain circuitry rather than simply a failure of will. While this has reduced stigma and improved treatment approaches, it also raises…
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