Studies of electrical intracranial self-stimulation encouraged the development of physical dependence theories of addiction by suggesting that
A) the rewarding effects of drugs play a major role in addiction.
B) there are particular areas of the brain that mediate the experience of pleasure.
C) drug withdrawal and drug pleasure are the same processes.
D) there are particular areas of the brain that mediate pleasure from drugs.
E) none of the above

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This point is not made explicitly, but it is clear that ICSS research lent general support to positive-incentive theories, not physical dependence theories.

Studies of Electrical Intracranial Self-Stimulation Encouraged the Development of Physical