Increasing interest in neuroscience research has uncovered a need to understand how behavioural and other psychological mechanisms can be linked directly to a brain fucntion. Increased knowledge of operant behaviour and its quantification has afforded behavioural insights into basic mechanisms underlying drug-taking behaviour. This text is a reference for neuroscientists, behavioural psychologists and clinical scientists who are interested in the inter-relationship between drug-taking behaviour, brain function and treatment outcome.
