Stimuli associated with high rewards evoke stronger neuronal activity than stimuli
associated with lower rewards in many brain regions. It is not well understood how these …

The potential for neuronal representations of external stimuli to be modified by previous
experience is critical for efficient sensory processing and improved behavioral outcomes. To …

Visual processing is influenced by stimulus-driven and goal-driven factors. Recent interest
has centred on understanding how reward might provide additional contributions to visual …

Reward-related mesolimbic dopamine steers animal behavior, creating automatic approach
toward reward-associated objects and avoidance of objects unlikely to be beneficial …

Highlights•Associative reward learning biases attention in favor of reward-predictive
stimuli.•Reward-evoked dopamine release gives rise to plasticity in the visual system.•Such …

Neural activity in visual area V4 is enhanced when attention is directed into neuronal
receptive fields. However, the source of this enhancement is unclear, as most physiological …

Goal-directed and stimulus-driven factors determine attentional priority through a well
defined dorsal frontal-parietal and ventral temporal-parietal network of brain regions …

There is growing consensus that reward plays an important role in the control of attention.
Until recently, reward was thought to influence attention indirectly by modulating task …

While numerous studies have explored the mechanisms of reward-based decisions (the
choice of action based on expected gain), few have asked how reward influences attention …

Motivational stimuli such as rewards elicit adaptive responses and influence various
cognitive functions. Notably, increasing evidence suggests that stimuli with particular …