How does the part of the brain connected to learning intersect with addiction? In the latest episode of Provost C. Cybele Raver’s ‘Quantum Potential’ podcast, Erin Calipari, director of the Vanderbilt Center for Addiction Research takes us inside the neuroscience of addiction. 

The Quantum Potential podcast is produced by Vanderbilt University. The leadership team includes Metanoya Z. Webb, director of content and editorial strategy and editor-in-chief of Vanderbilt Magazine, and Sydney Jones-Wright, director of academic affairs communications. Patrick Sams is the senior social media specialist, and Maisie Wilson is the senior creative project manager. Mike Todd is the university visual media manager.

Special thanks to Jad Abumrad, Vanderbilt University Distinguished Research Professor of Communication of Science and Technology, and the executive producer of the Quantum Potential podcast and video series.

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