RESEARCH ARTICLE

Addiction as a dynamical rationality disorder

  • Hava T. SIEGELMANN
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  • Department of Computer Science, UMass Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003, USA

Received date: 01 Nov 2010

Accepted date: 17 Dec 2010

Published date: 05 Mar 2011

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2014 Higher Education Press and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg

Abstract

Addiction is frequently modeled as a behavioral disorder resulting from the internal battle between two subsystems: one model describes slow planning versus fast habitual action; another, hot versus cold modes. In another model, one subsystem pushes the individual toward substance abuse, while the other tries to pull him away. These models all describe one side winning over the other at each point of confrontation, represented as a simple binary switch: on or off, win or lose. We propose however, an alternative model, in which opposing systems work in parallel, tipping toward one subsystem or the other, in greater or lesser degree, based on a continuous rationality factor. Our approach results in a dynamical system that qualitatively emulates seeking behavior, cessation, and relapse—enabling the accurate description of a process that can lead to recovery. As an adjunct to the model, we are in the process of creating an associated, interactive website that will enable addicts to journal their thoughts, emotions and actions on a daily basis. The site is not only a potentially rich source of data for our model, but will in its primary function aid addicts to individually identify parameters affecting their decisions and behavior.

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Hava T. SIEGELMANN . Addiction as a dynamical rationality disorder[J]. Frontiers of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 2011 , 6(1) : 151 -158 . DOI: 10.1007/s11460-011-0134-2

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