Habit vs Addiction Brain | MindLAB Neuroscience
When Habits Become Hardwired: The Dorsal Striatum Circuit That Turns Choice Into Compulsion The habit vs addiction brain distinction is not a severity spectrum. A habit runs on the dorsomedial striatum, a goal-directed circuit that updates when consequences change. An addiction runs on the dorsolateral striatum, an automatic circuit that responds to cues and ignores outcomes. Once control has migrated, willpower targets the wrong subsystem. ...
