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Learner Reviews & Feedback for The Addicted Brain by Emory University

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About the Course

This is a course about addiction to drugs and other behaviors. It will describe what happens in the brain and how this information helps us deal with and overcome addiction. It will also discuss other topics, such as government policy and our vulnerability to take drugs....

Top reviews

ER

Jul 23, 2020

One of the best course. Before I took up this course I have negative feelings towards the drugs addicts. But this course completely change my behavior and opinions towards them. Thank you so much.

CP

Apr 1, 2018

I learned a lot from this course that I have been able to use in a ministry capacity. If you are trying to help others with addiction or understand it for yourself, this is the course for you.

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By Kostadin K

Jun 17, 2016

Well, I expected more and more debt, It seems the course is oriented to the general public.

By Tri N

Aug 20, 2015

I will rated number 3 because I want to learn more new stuff about protections of my body.

By Alicia D R

Jun 30, 2019

I thoroughly enjoyed this class, and appreciate all of the information it entailed.

By Adrian L

Dec 29, 2019

very general information. good, but id prefer more in-deptht teachings.

By Cibils T

Sep 13, 2015

Somewhat too simple, but still a good basic introduction.

By Ellie I

Jan 13, 2017

Did not like that I have to upgrade just to take a quiz

By DI, K

Jan 5, 2016

《成瘾的大脑》这门课程内容真的很丰富,老师讲述也很详细,不过要顺利学这门课还是需要一些生物学的入门知识的。

By Marci B

Oct 2, 2015

Very interesting as lay person interested in topic.

By Shamal G

Sep 4, 2020

The extra reading material provided is outdated

By Michael C

Oct 26, 2015

Interesting but really introductive

By Amanda R

Oct 31, 2017

Looks to be an interesting course.

By Ivan S

Feb 16, 2016

So simple, not enough informative.

By catalina p

Jan 16, 2023

Very basic.

By Mr.R.N.RajaRavishankar

Oct 22, 2020

Good

By David D

Jan 10, 2017

Information strays between ridiculously shallow and unnecessarily deep (e.g. the stuff about GPCRs is so far removed from importance when discussing addiction). Most of the time the questions are poorly worded and thoughtless, and the whole thing reminds me of a bad high school class. Some parts border on misinformation, does seem almost as if it's been underwritten by the DEA. Paints a very distinct picture, a picture with an agenda and really incomplete portrayal of addiction. Points for trying though.

By Anne H

Feb 6, 2018

I may be a bit harsh in my review because I found the material to be so basic as to be a poor use of my time. This conclusion is furthered by the dull presentation. It was very slow, lacked depth, and was delivered in an uninteresting way. Such a critically-important and fascinating topic could have been so much more engaging. Thank you. Anne

By Anas M s s y I

May 15, 2020

as i personally studied medical marijuana and seen its effectiveness in mediating PTSD and reducing stress and pain in cancer patients first hand, and that it in this tow cases at least manage the problem way better that opium, and never ever seen an overdose, demonizing it in the course is not appealing to me..

By TJ L

Oct 31, 2015

As a career dieter who is constantly reading about causes of obesity, I can't say I learned anything too earth-shattering. However, the research discussed does support what I have learned from listening to the podcasts from the Institute for the Psychology of Eating.

By rae b

Jan 19, 2023

last question on my first week quiz is my cc number to pay for what i understand is a free course.......enrolled

By Jamie P C

Aug 24, 2021

I'm sorry, I don't recall much from this course.

I think I rushed through it without absorbing the information.

By Denis Y

Mar 10, 2018

Not much of information, not deep, a lot of repeating, speaker is very slow, feels like NLP

By Lovro T

Sep 9, 2015

Not very informative, and too simple. Also, there is way too much repeating

By Dawson C

Aug 13, 2023

Biases are very clear and have tweaked some facts to support the biases

By Jason E

Aug 15, 2015

Very informative but very dry presentations.

By Noam T

May 21, 2022

I really like how the course is setup and it's taught very well. However, I did not appreciate that there was misinformation seemingly being purposefully spread and the content being presented in an unscientific manner. This was especially evident for the hallucinogens section of week 3 wherein they make claims absolutely contrary to the most recent literature, stating that hallucinogens like LSD are somehow 'neurotoxic' when the evidence points towards these hallucinogens actually promoting neurogenesis and being neuroprotective. My only defence for this course is that it must of been made a couple of years ago, and the academics behind the course may not be up to date on the current literature. Anyways, sorry for being a karen if anybody from the course is reading this :)