Efforts to guide peoples' behavior toward environmental sustainability, good health, or new
products have emphasized informational and attitude change strategies. There is evidence …

As the proverbial creatures of habit, people tend to repeat the same behaviors in recurring
contexts. This review characterizes habits in terms of their cognitive, motivational, and …

Abstract Purpose of Review Metformin has multiple benefits for health beyond its anti-
hyperglycemic properties. The purpose of this manuscript is to review the mechanisms that …

In this review, we summarize findings supporting the existence of multiple behavioral
strategies for controlling reward-related behavior, including a dichotomy between the goal …

There is accumulating neural evidence to support the existence of two distinct systems for
guiding action selection, a deliberative" model-based" and a reflexive" model-free" system …

A key criticism of the main diagnostic tool in psychiatry, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual
of Mental Health Disorders (DSM-IV), is that it lacks a biological footing. In this article, we …

Objective: Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is characterized by repetitive, ritualistic
behaviors and thought patterns. Although patients with OCD report that these compulsive …

Habits are repetitive behaviors that become ingrained with practice, routine, and repetition.
The more we repeat an action, the stronger our habits become. Behavioral and clinical …

Obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) has become a paradigmatic case of goal-directed
dysfunction in psychiatry. In this article, we review the neurobiological evidence, historical …

The reward prediction error (RPE) theory of dopamine (DA) function has enjoyed great
success in the neuroscience of learning and decision-making. This theory is derived from …