The attribution of incentive salience to reward‐paired cues is dependent on dopamine
release in the nucleus accumbens core (NAcC). These dopamine signals conform to …

The role of dopamine in reward is a topic of debate. For example, some have argued that
phasic dopamine signaling provides a prediction‐error signal necessary for stimulus …

Cues (conditioned stimuli; CS s) associated with rewards can come to motivate behavior, but
there is considerable individual variation in their ability to do so. For example, a lever‐CS …

Sign-tracking behavior, in which animals interact with a cue that predicts reward, provides
an example of how incentive salience can be attributed to cues and elicit motivation. The …

The sensory properties of a reward-paired cue (a conditioned stimulus; CS) may impact the
motivational value attributed to the cue, and in turn influence the form of the conditioned …

Pavlovian cues for rewards can become attractive incentives: approached and 'wanted'as
the rewards themselves. The motivational attractiveness of a previously learned cue is not …

Individual variation in the attribution of motivational salience to reward‐related cues is
believed to underlie addiction vulnerability. Pavlovian conditioned approach measures …

During Pavlovian conditioning, if a cue (eg, lever extension) predicts reward delivery in a
different location (eg, a food magazine), some individuals will come to approach and interact …

Some rats are especially prone to attribute incentive salience to a cue (conditioned stimulus,
CS) paired with food reward (sign-trackers, STs), but the extent they do so varies as a …

Stimulus-reward learning has been heavily linked to the reward-prediction error learning
hypothesis and dopaminergic function. However, some evidence suggests dopaminergic …