<img width="150" height="150" src="https://randybock.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/sddefault-1-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Rat Park experiment addiction" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://randybock.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/sddefault-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https://randybock.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/sddefault-1-96x96.jpg 96w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" title="Rat Park Experiment: How Social Connection Explains Addiction 17">The Rat Park experiment addiction study by Bruce Alexander challenged everything we thought we knew about drug addiction. In the 1950s, a twelve-year-old boy named Bruce Alexander read a Batman comic that would haunt him for decades. In it, criminals mercilessly beat a “junkie” while Batman stood by, waiting to catch them committing a more […]

The Rat Park experiment addiction study by Bruce Alexander challenged everything we thought we knew about drug addiction. In the 1950s, a twelve-year-old boy named Bruce Alexander read a Batman comic that would haunt him for decades. In it, criminals mercilessly beat a “junkie” while Batman stood by, waiting to catch them committing a more […]

Rat Park Experiment: How Social Connection Explains Addiction

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