What is Cue Reactivity?
What is Cue Reactivity?
About a week and a half ago, I ran a study using a process called cue reactivity. It is a process in which we show individuals stimuli or picture situations that remind them of the alcohol rehab-taking event. There was one fellow who had been dependent for about seven years but was clean for six weeks. We hooked up wires to measure his brain activity, heart, skin temperature and blood pressure and measured his reaction to the stimuli. At the end of the session he said, “You know doctor, I did not feel a thing; you cured me.” When I read the tracings from his data, they were off the scale. That told me he had a visceral response inside his mind. His brain and body are still reacting to the simple sight of someone else using a detox dallas.
It is our requirement as researchers to take this type of information and disseminate it to those who can use it. In a way, this describes a process called “from bench to trench.” Researchers are working on the benches, and my practicing colleagues are working in the trenches. It is important researchers get information to practicing doctors, and we must get it to you.
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