Professor Andrew Lawrence

Professorial Research Fellow, Division of Behavioural Neuroscience and Head of Addiction Neuroscience laboratory, The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health; Florey Department of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne

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Health & Medicine

Fear, memory and brain exploration

A largely unknown region of the brain, the zona incerta, could hold the key to how we control our fears

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Can’t give it up: The science behind addiction and the brain

A neuroscientist’s view of habitual and compulsive drug and alcohol use, and the power of psychological dependence

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