p=%7Cundefined undefined%7Cundefined%7CProduction by Clinton Colmenares and Dan Sears%7Cundefined&m=undefined%7Cundefined%7C0%7C1%7C1%7C164266%7CFFFFFF%7C000000&n=version%7C517%5Ecredits%7CProduction%20by%20Clinton%20Colmenares%20and%20Dan%20Sears%5Eabstract%7Cabstract%20here%2E%2E%2E%5Eheader%5Fheadline%7C%5Eheader%5Ffont%5Fhex%7C000000%5Eheader%5Fhex%7C000000%5Eheader%5Fheight%7C30%5Ebody%5Fhex%7C000000%5Ebody%5Fframe%5Fhex%7C000000%5Econtrols%5Fhex%7C333333%5Econtrols%5Fstyle%7Cdefault%5Efooter%5Fhex%7CFFFFFF%5Efooter%5Ffont%5Fhex%7C000000%5Efooter%5Fheight%7C15%5Ehtmlbg%5Fhex%7C000000%5Eplayer%5Fstyle%7Cdefault%5EautoStart%7Cfalse%5EautoShowCaptions%7Cfalse%5Edisplay%5Fsizes%7Cfalse%5Edisplay%5Fheadline%7Ctrue%5Edisplay%5Ffooter%7Ctrue%5EshowCredits%7Ctrue%5EshowCaptions%7Ctrue%5Eembed%5Fstyle%7Cfalse%5Ecenter%7Ctrue%5Eheader%5Fheadline%5Ffont%7CArial%5Ecaption%5Ffont%5Fface%7CArial%5Ecaption%5Ffont%5Fsize%7C11%5Efooter%5Ffont%5Fface%7CVerdana%5Efooter%5Ffont%5Fsize%7C9%5Escrub%5Fpreview%7Cfalse%5Eshow%5Fvolume%7Cfalse%5Etransition%5Ftype%7Ccrossfade%5Etransition%5Ftime%7C1%5Eshow%5Fthumbnails%7Ctrue%5Etlength%7C538903%5Efla%7C649578%5Eswf%7C291100%5Euser%7Cundefined&t=0%7Cboettiger%5F1%2Ejpg%7CCharlotte Boettiger%2C assistant professor of psychology at UNC%2C sought to find a cognitive difference between sober alcoholics and people without a history of substance abuse%2E  The study%26Otilde%3Bs fMRI images show that in alcoholics areas of the brain involved in decision making work differently%2E This substantiates alcoholism as a brain disease and provides clues for future medical and behavioral therapies%2E %0D%7C%7C%7C%7C0%7C0%7C100%7C0%7C0%7C100%5E13600%7Cdsc%5F0028%2Ejpg%7C%7C%7C%7C%7C0%7C0%7C100%7C0%7C0%7C100%5E29506%7Cdsc%5F0029%2Ejpg%7C%7C%7C%7C%7C0%7C0%7C100%7C0%7C0%7C100%5E44881%7Cdsc%5F0030%2Ejpg%7C%7C%7C%7C%7C0%7C0%7C100%7C0%7C0%7C100%5E56521%7Cslide%5F1a%2Ejpg%7CThe dorsal prefrontal cortex %28left%29 and the posterior parietal cortex were active in people who choose short%2Dterm rewards and in people who had a variant of the COMT gene that leads to less dopamine%2E  %0D%0D%0D%7C%7C%7C%7C0%7C0%7C100%7C0%7C0%7C100%5E112380%7Cslide%5F2%2Ejpg%7CThe parahippocampal gyrus is associated with emotional response%2E In this study%2C it was active in people who chose %26Ograve%3Bnow%26Oacute%3B rewards%2C suggests that a person might be experiencing negative expectations of waiting for outcomes%2E %0D%7C%7C%7C%7C0%7C0%7C100%7C0%7C0%7C100%5E133761%7Cslide%5F3%2Ejpg%7CPeople who chose for the delayed reward showed activity in the occipital frontal cortex%2E%0D%7C%7C%7C%7C0%7C0%7C100%7C0%7C0%7C100%5E148254%7Cdsc%5F0038%2Ejpg%7C%7C%7C%7C%7C0%7C0%7C100%7C0%7C0%7C100&oe=dsc_0037.jpg|&lta=%7C%7C%7C^Charlotte%20Boettiger%7CAsst%2E%20Prof%2E%20of%20Psychology%7C5%7C4