Background There is growing evidence that an addictive‐eating phenotype may exist. There
is significant debate regarding whether highly processed foods (HPFs; foods with refined …

Addiction is a complex disease that impacts millions of people around the world. Clinically,
addiction is formalized as substance use disorder (SUD), with three primary symptom …

Rationale The ongoing rise in opioid use disorder (OUD) has made it imperative to better
model the individual variation within the human population that contributes to OUD …

Organisms must regulate their behavior flexibly in the face of environmental challenges.
Failure can lead to a host of maladaptive behavioral traits associated with a range of …

Many personality traits are influenced by genetic factors. Rodents models provide an
efficient system for analyzing genetic contribution to these traits. Using 1,246 adolescent …

Sign-and goal-tracking are behaviors seen in many species when a conditioned stimulus
and it's corresponding unconditioned stimulus are presented at separate locations, and …

Relapse into addiction is often triggered by cues that have a Pavlovian association with
drugs and drug-taking. Sign-tracking involves approach of and interaction with Pavlovian …

Sign-tracking is a well-known phenomenon in appetitive Pavlovian conditioning in which
subjects approach the site of a conditioned stimulus (CS) associated with an appetitive …

Sign-tracking is a behavior with relevance to cue-triggered relapse addiction, a Pavlovian
conditioned approach behavior directed at the conditioned stimulus. The study examined …

Sign-tracking is a Pavlovian conditioned approach behavior thought to be important in
understanding cue-driven relapse to drug use, and strategies for reducing sign-tracking may …