Drug addiction is a neuropsychiatric disorder with grave personal consequences that has an
extraordinary global economic impact. Despite decades of research, the options available to …

Sign-tracking behavior in Pavlovian autoshaping is known to be a relevant index of the
incentive salience attributed to reward-related cues. Evidence has accumulated to suggest …

To survive in a complex environment, individuals form associations between environmental
stimuli and rewards to organize and optimize reward seeking behaviors. The basolateral …

Background and aims Negative/positive urgency (NU/PU) refers to the proneness to act
rashly under negative/positive emotions. These traits are proxies to generalized emotion …

Gambling disorder (GD) frequently co-occurs with alcohol use and anxiety disorders,
suggesting possible shared mechanisms. Recent research suggests reward uncertainty may …

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 …

Rationale Adding reward-concurrent cues to a rat gambling task (rGT) increases risky
choice. This cued version of the task may reflect an “addiction-like” cognitive process, more …

The flashing lights and celebratory sounds that dominate slot-machine gambling are
believed to promote engagement and motivation to keep playing. However, these cues are …

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is the most successful protocol in gambling disorder
(GD) treatment. However, it presents some weaknesses, especially concerning relapse …

Adolescence is a time of heightened risk-taking across species. Salient audiovisual cues
associated with rewards are a common feature of gambling environments and have been …