Using recreational drugs, like cocaine or alcohol, is illegal or comes with strict age restrictions. However, many people take these drugs, and drugs like them, even if they lead to negative impacts on their relationships, their finances, and their health. This talk will explore what happens in someone’s brain when they take recreational drugs, and why from a biological perspective, using these drugs feels so rewarding… But, it is exactly this feeling which can lead to extremely damaging outcomes for some people.
Content Warning: Throughout this talk, reference will be made to recreational drugs, and this may include some imagery of drugs and their paraphernalia, and some brief considerations of addiction.
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This session will be delivered through the medium of English.
Speakers
Prof Caroline Bowman
Professor in Psychology / Dean of Education and Student ExperienceBangor University
I am the Dean of Education and Student Experience for the College of Medicine and Health, which hosts the disciplines of Psychology, Medicine, Healthcare Sciences, Sport and Exercise Sciences, and Medical Sciences. The strategic focus of my role within the College is to ensure that our teaching is transformational, with good health and wellbeing sitting at its heart. Further to my College duties, I lead the delivery of the University's Student Experience Strategy, which takes a holistic approach to student experience, delivering on five key objectives: Wellbeing; Inclusivity; Environment; Opportunity; Communication. I am a passionate advocate for effective and inclusive practice within teaching and learning and I led the University's transition to Advance HE's Professional Standards Framework (2023), enabling staff at the University to offer cutting edge practice, in line with national benchmarks. In addition to my College and University roles, I lecture within the School of Psychology and Sport Science, where I teach Biological Psychology and Consumer Psychology at undergraduate level, and I lead an Advance HE accredited discipline specific teacher training programme for doctoral students who teach across the School's programmes.