Advances in Substance and Behavioral Addiction

Chapter 1. Similarities and differences between old and behavioral addictions: Focus on executive functions.- Chapter 2. The assessment of executive functions: A new neuropsychological tool for the assessment of executive functions.- Chapter 3. Analysis of executive functions in pathological gambling disorder.- Chapter 4. Neuroenhancement of executive functions in addictions.- Chapter 5. Mindfulness as a way for treating addiction-related disorders.- Chapter 6. Neuromodulation techniques in the treatment of addictions.- Chapter 7. Comorbidities between mental disorders and addictions.- Chapter 8. Impulse control and reward systems in old and new addictions.- Chapter 9. Interoception: an etiological mechanism or a tool for rehabilitation?.- Chapter 10. The theme of new addiction in the developmental age.

Michela Balconi,is an Associate Professor of Psychophysiology and Cognitive Neuroscience, and Neuroscience of Well-being at the Faculty of Psychology of the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano. She also regularly gives classes at the 2nd-level post-graduate master's degree in clinical Neurosciences and at the Doctoral School in Psychology at the Università Cattolica di Milano. She is Scientific Director of the 2nd-level post-graduate master's degree in clinical Neurosciences. She is Director of the International Research Center for Cognitive Applied Neuroscience (IrcCAN) and of the Research Unit in Affective and Social Neuroscience, where she supervises research activities of a large group of young researchers, Ph.D. students, and trainees. Further, she is member of the Ethics Committee of the Department of Psychology at the Università Cattolica diMilano. She took part in and coordinated many scientific projects in collaboration with national and international researchers and practitioners. She is primarily interested in: functional and dysfunctional manifestations of affective processes and emotional experience; integrated multi-method analysis (EEG, fNIRS, eye-tracking, autonomic indices) of physiological correlates of such processes and experiences; physiological and pathological modulation of the state of consciousness; and relative potential application of methods and techniques borrowed from clinical and cognitive-affective neurosciences. She is also Editor-in-Chief of the indexed international scientific journal "Neuropsychological Trends", and she acts as reviewer or member of the editorial board of many other international journals. Again, she is member or part of the management committee of many national and international scientific societies (e.g. SIPF, SINP, AIP, INS, IBRO, FESN). She is author of more than 250 scientific papers, 17 books, and more than 30 book chapters, and part of more than 400 invited talks, oral presentations