The brain anxiety network is composed of a number of interconnected cortical regions that
detect threats and execute appropriate defensive responses via projections to the shell of …

Both social and material rewards play a crucial role in daily life and function as strong
incentives for various goal-directed behaviors. However, it remains unclear whether the …

Medical education is changing at a fast pace. Students attend medical school with a high
degree of technological literacy and a desire for a diverse educational experience. As a …

The ventrolateral prefrontal cortices (VLPFC) are crucial regions involved in voluntary
emotion regulation. However, the lateralization of the VLPFC in downregulating negative …

Reinforcement learning is a theoretical framework that describes how agents learn to select
options that maximize rewards and minimize punishments over time. We often make …

Rationale Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is defined as a group of neurodevelopmental
disorders whose symptoms include impaired communication and social interaction …

Background Deficient social interactions are a hallmark of major neuropsychiatric disorders,
and accumulating evidence points to altered social reward and motivation as key underlying …

Anhedonia is present in diverse psychiatric disorders and has been linked to reduced neural
responses to reward. However, most studies of anhedonia have used monetary reward …

Fear learning is a critical feature of survival skills among mammals. In rodents, fear learning
manifests itself through direct experience of the aversive event or social transmission of …

The current study investigated monetary and social reward processing in children,
adolescents and adults with adapted incentive-delay tasks and self-report questionnaires …