Article Excerpt: The goal of these apps is to “reprogram” the brain’s rewards system once it has been distorted by addictive substances. With these technologies, “you disrupt that behavior chain and learn new skills to make lifestyle changes to stop self-defeating patterns,” said Lisa Marsch, director of the Center for Technology and Behavioral Health at Dartmouth University, which has conducted trials with Pear and other digital therapeutics firms.
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