This review takes a historical perspective on concepts in the psychology of motivation and
emotion, and surveys recent developments, debates and applications. Old debates over …

For several decades, addiction has come to be viewed as a disorder of the dopamine
neurotransmitter system; however, this view has not led to new treatments. In this Opinion …

Rewards are both “liked” and “wanted,” and those 2 words seem almost interchangeable.
However, the brain circuitry that mediates the psychological process of “wanting” a particular …

The 'smartphone addiction'is a popular theme in media. It has number of clear behavioural
changes in addicts' life and some of these aspects are yet to get due research attention. The …

Dopaminergic medications used in the treatment of patients with Parkinson's disease are
associated with motor and non-motor behavioural side-effects, such as dyskinesias and …

Reward contains separable psychological components of learning, incentive motivation and
pleasure. Most computational models have focused only on the learning component of …

Affective neuroscience aims to understand how affect (pleasure or displeasure) is created by
brains. Progress is aided by recognizing that affect has both objective and subjective …

Parkinson's disease causes a characteristic combination of motor symptoms due to
progressive neurodegeneration of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra pars …

Rationale Pathological gambling (PG) has recently been considered as a “behavioral” or
nonsubstance addiction. A comparison of the characteristics of PG and substance use …

Over the past three decades, neuroimaging studies—including structural, functional and
molecular modalities—have provided invaluable insights into the mechanisms underlying …