Dopamine is often thought of as a βpleasureβ molecule, but Erin Calipari, a neuroscientist who studies addiction in the brain, says it is better understood as a βlearningβ molecule. Addictive drugs rewire the way we learn. 

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Erin Calipari works to understand how drugs like opioids and cocaine alter learning circuits and neurochemistry in one of the country’s epice...

