Visual selective attention is the brain function that modulates ongoing processing of retinal
input in order for selected representations to gain privileged access to perceptual …

Individuals experience reward not only when directly receiving positive outcomes (eg, food
or money), but also when observing others receive such outcomes. This latter phenomenon …

BACKGROUND: The capacity of drug cues to elicit drug-seeking behavior is believed to play
a fundamental role in drug dependence; yet the neurofunctional basis of human drug cue …

The neural systems underlying reward-related behaviors across development have recently
generated a great amount of interest. Yet, the neurodevelopmental literature on reward …

Motivational deficits play a central role in disability caused by schizophrenia and constitute a
major unmet therapeutic need. Negative symptoms have previously been linked to …

Investigation into the neural and computational bases of decision-making has proceeded in
two parallel but distinct streams. Perceptual decision-making (PDM) is concerned with how …

Multifunctional agents with limited motor resources must decide what actions will best
ensure their survival. Moreover, given that in an unpredictable world things don't always …

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

The ability to respond flexibly to an ever-changing environment relies on the orbitofrontal
cortex (OFC). However, how the OFC associates sensory information with predicted …

Stimulus-reward coupling without attention can induce highly specific perceptual learning
effects, suggesting that reward triggers selective plasticity within visual cortex. Additionally …