Bo-rasaense ba sebelisitse lithuto tsa methapo ho sheba liphello tsa litšoantšo tsa bootsoa ba sebelisa lisebelisoa tse kenyeletsang fMRI, MRI le EEG. Ba boetse ba thehile lithuto tsa neuro-endocrine le tsa neuro-psychology. Leqephe lena le fetotsoe ho tsoa ho Yourbrainonporn.com . Ka kopo etela Yourbrainonporn.com haeba u batla tlhahisoleseling e batsi ka lipatlisiso tsa morao-rao mabapi le liphello tsa tšebeliso ea litšoantšo tsa bootsoa.

Lithuto tsa methapo ea kutlo tse hokahaneng le yourbrainonporn.com li arotsoe ka litsela tse peli. Ea pele ke liphetoho tsa boko tse amanang le bokhoba tse tlalehiloeng ka 'ngoe. Ka tlase moo lithuto tse tšoanang li thathamisitsoe ho latela letsatsi la phatlalatso, ka likaroloana le litlhaloso.

Manane a phetoho ea boko e amanang le bokhoba : Liphetoho tse 'ne tse kholo tsa boko tse bakoang ke bokhoba li hlalositsoe ke George F. Koob le Nora D. Volkow tlhahlobong ea bona ea bohlokoa. Koob ke Motsamaisi oa Setsi sa Naha sa Tšebeliso e Mpe ea Joala le Alcoholism (NIAAA), 'me Volkow ke motsamaisi oa Setsi sa Naha sa Tšebeliso e Mpe ea Lithethefatsi (NIDA). E phatlalalitsoe ho The New England Journal of Medicine: Neurobiologic Advances from the Brain Disease Model of Addiction (2016) . Pampiri ena e hlalosa liphetoho tse kholo tsa boko tse amehang bokhoba ba lithethefatsi le boits'oaro, ha e ntse e bolela serapeng sa eona sa pele hore bokhoba ba thobalano bo teng:

"Re etsa qeto ea hore neuroscience e ntse e tsoela pele ho tšehetsa mohlala oa lefu la boko la bokhoba. Lipatlisiso tsa neuroscience sebakeng sena ha li fane feela ka menyetla e mecha ea thibelo le kalafo ea bokhoba ba lithethefatsi le bokhoba bo amanang le boitšoaro (mohlala, lijo, thobalano le papali ea chelete)…."

Pampiri ea Volkow le Koob e hlalositse liphetoho tse 'ne tsa mantlha tse bakoang ke bokhoba ba boko, e leng: 1) Ho ba le kutloelo-bohloko , 2) Ho se be le kutloelo-bohloko , 3) Lipotoloho tsa pele tse sa sebetseng hantle (boikaketsi), 4) Tsamaiso ea khatello ea maikutlo e sa sebetseng hantle . Liphetoho tsena tsohle tse 4 tsa boko li khethollotsoe har'a lithuto tse ngata tsa methapo tse thathamisitsoeng leqepheng lena:

• Litlaleho tsa liphuputso ho hlohlelletsa (cue-reactivity & cravings) ho basebelisi ba litšoantšo tsa bootsoa / ba lemaletseng ho kopanela liphate: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21.
• Litlaleho tsa liphuputso ho hloka boithati kapa tloaelo (e leng ho fella ka ho mamelleha) bathong ba litšoantšo tsa bootsoa / ho kopanela liphate: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.
• Lipatlisiso tse sebetsanang le bofutsana bo sebetsangboikaketsi) kapa ts'ebetsong ea li-prefrontal ho ba sebelisang litšoantšo tsa bootsoa / ba lemaletseng ho kopanela liphate: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14.
• Liphuputso tse bontšang a khatello ea maikutlo e sa sebetseng ho basebelisi ba litšoantšo tsa bootsoa / ho kopanela liphate: 1, 2, 3.