Cueinduced
Cue-induced craving is a term used in psychology and addiction research to describe the craving and associated physiological responses that are elicited when an individual is exposed to cues previously paired with drug use. These conditioned cues can include sights, smells, places, people, or paraphernalia associated with past substance use. The phenomenon is rooted in Pavlovian conditioning: neutral stimuli become conditioned stimuli that predict drug availability, triggering craving and, in some cases, relapse.
Neurobiologically, cue-induced craving involves the brain’s mesolimbic dopamine system, including pathways from the ventral tegmental area
Assessment of cue-induced craving typically uses cue-reactivity paradigms that present drug-related cues and measure subjective craving,