Here is an enlightened article showing how cognitive training (which increases BDNF, synapticity, nerve function and nerve cell integrity) potentially allows better decision making by activating cognitive and salience networks via working memory and cognitive training.
This results in better choices, less denial and greater levels of BDNF (that has been shown to rise in 26 weeks of opiate addiction recovery to levels below normal controls). Perhaps cognitive brain training will increase BDNF levels above normal and provide more resilience! Perhaps other BDNF increasing lifestyle interventions would further improve central executive function, promote brain plasticity and result in above average serum BDNF levels establishing resilience against relapse and global improvement in performance status of mental, emotional and physical resilience in general.
A debate on working memory and cognitive control: can we learn about the treatment of substance use disorders from the neural correlates of anorexia nervosa? | BMC Psychiatry | Full Text
http://bmcpsychiatry.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12888-016-0714-z
Joseph Thomas (Tony) Liverman, Jr. MD
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