Computational theory-driven studies of reinforcement learning and decision-making in addiction: What have we learned?

MCM Gueguen, EM Schweitzer, AB Konova - Current opinion in behavioral …, 2021 - Elsevier
Highlights•Computational psychiatry holds promise for mechanistic discovery in
addiction.•This approach captures latent factors driving behavioral differences from …

Reinforcement learning detuned in addiction: integrative and translational approaches

SM Groman, SL Thompson, D Lee, JR Taylor - Trends in neurosciences, 2022 - cell.com
Suboptimal decision-making strategies have been proposed to contribute to the
pathophysiology of addiction. Decision-making, however, arises from a collection of …

Computational mechanisms of addiction: recent evidence and its relevance to addiction medicine

R Smith, S Taylor, E Bilek - Current Addiction Reports, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review In this article, we provide a brief review of recent computational
modelling studies of substance use disorders (SUDs), with a focus on work published within …

[HTML][HTML] From computation to clinic

SW Yip, DM Barch, HW Chase, S Flagel… - … Psychiatry Global Open …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Theory-driven and data-driven computational approaches to psychiatry have
enormous potential for elucidating mechanism of disease and providing translational …

Tonic exploration governs both flexibility and lapses

RB Ebitz, BJ Sleezer, HP Jedema… - PLoS computational …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
In many cognitive tasks, lapses (spontaneous errors) are tacitly dismissed as the result of
nuisance processes like sensorimotor noise, fatigue, or disengagement. However, some …

[HTML][HTML] Sex-dependent effects of early life stress on reinforcement learning and limbic cortico-striatal functional connectivity

K Zühlsdorff, L López-Cruz, EG Dutcher, JA Jones… - Neurobiology of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a stress-related condition hypothesized to involve
aberrant reinforcement learning (RL) with positive and negative stimuli. The present study …

[HTML][HTML] Neurobehavioral precursors of compulsive cocaine seeking in dual Frontostriatal circuits

JA Jones, A Belin-Rauscent, B Jupp… - … Psychiatry Global Open …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Only some individuals who use drugs recreationally eventually develop a
substance use disorder, characterized in part by the rigid engagement in drug foraging …

Midbrain D3 receptor availability predicts escalation in cocaine self-administration

SM Groman, AT Hillmer, H Liu, K Fowles, D Holden… - Biological …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Results from neuroimaging studies suggest that disruptions in flexible decision-
making functions in substance-dependent individuals are a consequence of drug-induced …

The neurobiology of impulsive decision-making and reinforcement learning in nonhuman animals

SM Groman - Recent Advances in Research on Impulsivity and …, 2020 - Springer
Impulsive decisions are those that favor immediate over delayed rewards, involve the
acceptance of undue risk or uncertainty, or fail to adapt to environmental changes …

Dysregulation of decision making related to metabotropic glutamate 5, but not midbrain D3, receptor availability following cocaine self-administration in rats

SM Groman, AT Hillmer, H Liu, K Fowles, D Holden… - Biological …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Compulsive patterns of drug use are thought to be the consequence of drug-
induced adaptations in the neural mechanisms that enable behavior to be flexible …