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Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute faculty member leads study resulting in new insight on rehabilitating brain function in addictsPeople with addictions to stimulants tend to choose instant gratification or a smaller but sooner reward over a future benefit, even if the future reward is greater. Reduced value of a future reward, called "delay discounting" by neuroscientists, is the major challenge for treatment of addiction. A new study in the February 2011 (Vol. 69, Issue 3)...