This special issue addresses the affective and cognitive processes and their interactions potentially reflecting mechanisms underlying the development, maintenance of, or recovery from behavioral addictions. Various specific types of behavioral addictions will be considered, including those already in ICD-11 (gambling disorder, gaming disorder), but also new phenomena that are not yet classified (e.g., buying-shopping disorder, social-network-disorder) and phenomena potentially belonging to behavioral addictions although they are currently classified elsewhere (e.g., compulsive sexual behavior disorder). The articles included in this special issue directly investigate affective processes (e.g., cue-reactivity, craving, mood, stress, social interactions) and/or cognitive processes (e.g., executive functions, attention, memory). The studies involve experimental paradigms, neuropsychological tasks, psychophysiological measures, and neuroimaging techniques. Specific articles also deal with the relationship between affective and cognitive processes. The special issue is complemented by articles covering current debates and reviewing current empirical findings in the field.

本特刊探讨了情感和认知过程及其相互作用，潜在反映了行为成瘾的发展，维持或恢复的潜在机制。将考虑各种特定类型的行为成瘾，包括已经在ICD-11中发生的行为成瘾（赌博失调，游戏失调），以及尚未分类的新现象（例如，购物失调，社交网络失调）和现象尽管目前已归类于其他地方（例如，强迫性行为障碍），但可能属于行为成瘾。本期特刊中的文章直接调查了情感过程（例如，提示反应，渴望，情绪，压力，社交互动）和/或认知过程（例如，执行功能，注意力，记忆）。这些研究涉及实验范式，神经心理学任务，心理生理措施和神经成像技术。具体文章还涉及情感和认知过程之间的关系。该专刊还辅以涵盖当前辩论和回顾该领域当前经验发现的文章。