Judith Grisel
Behavioral neuroscientist and psychology professor
Judith Grisel is a behavioral neuroscientist who studies the brain basis of addiction. She also draws on her own past with drug addiction and recovery.
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About Judith Grisel
Judith Grisel teaches psychology at Bucknell University in Pennsylvania, and her field is behavioral neuroscience. Her research asks what in the brain makes some people more prone to addiction, and she has received over a million dollars in federal funding for this work. Before her academic career, she was addicted to drugs. Her experience of overcoming that addiction has shaped both her professional approach and her writing. Her book Never Enough is in our catalog.