Student-faculty research shows Oreos are just as addictive as drugs in lab rats

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Click Here to Read:   Student-faculty research shows Oreos are just as addictive as drugs in lab rats on the Connecticut College website on October 15, 2013.

Joseph Schroeder, associate professor of psychology and director of the behavioral neuroscience program, and Lauren Cameron ’14 found that eating Oreos activated more neurons in the brain’s “pleasure center” than exposure to drugs of abuse.