Rationale Win-paired stimuli can promote risk taking in experimental gambling paradigms in
both rats and humans. We previously demonstrated that atomoxetine, a noradrenaline …

Reward uncertainty is a common characteristic of gambling and may powerfully enhance
attraction to gambling-related cues, thus promoting maladaptive gambling behaviors in …

Examples from real-world gambling behavior have been a frequent source of inspiration to
the fields of behavioral economics and decision neuroscience, but it is surprising how little is …

The motivation to seek out rewards can come under the control of stimuli associated with
reward delivery. The ability of cues to motivate reward-seeking behavior depends on the …

Background Conditioned stimuli (CS) that predict reward delivery acquire the ability to
induce phasic dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens (NAc). This dopamine release …

Objectives: The present research explored the effect of reward sensitivity bias and
metacognitive deficits on substance use disorder (SUD) in the decision-making process …

Whether we 'like'and 'want'stimuli depends partially on opioid neurotransmission within the
nucleus accumbens. But how are 'liking'and 'wanting'organized within this neural substrate …

Rationale Reward-associated cues can promote maladaptive behavior, including risky
decision-making in a gambling setting. A propensity for sign tracking over goal tracking—ie …

It has been proposed that compulsive drug seeking reflects an underlying dysregulation in
adaptive behavior that favors habitual (automatic and inflexible) over goal-directed …

Background The phenotype of addiction includes prominent attentional biases for drug cues,
which play a role in motivating drug-seeking behavior and contribute to relapse. In a …