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Dissociating the Predictive and Incentive Motivational Properties of Reward-Related Cues Through the Study of Individual Differences

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Robinson, Terry E., Flagel, Shelly B.·2009·Biological Psychiatry

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Background If presentation of a stimulus (conditional stimulus, CS) reliably predicts delivery of a reward, the CS will come to evoke a conditional response (CR) through Pavlovian learning, and the CS may also acquire incentive motivational properties. Thus, CSs can have both predictive and incentive properties. We ask here whether it is possible to dissociate the predictive versus incentive properties of a CS in rats by considering individual differences in the nature of the CR.Methods We used Pavlovian procedures to study the ability of a localizable CS (an illuminated lever) to acquire two properties of an incentive stimulus-the ability to attract and the ability to act as a conditional reinforcer.Results For some rats, the CS evoked a "sign-tracking" CR, consisting of approach toward and engagement with the CS itself. For other rats, the CS instead produced a "goal-tracking" CR: approach was directed away from the CS toward the site of food delivery. For sign-trackers (but not goal-trackers) the CS also acted as an effective conditional reinforcer.Conclusions The predictive and incentive properties of a CS can be dissociated by considering individual differences in the CR. In a given animal, a cue that is predictive of reward, supporting Pavlovian learning, may or may not be attributed with incentive salience. This procedure may provide a powerful means to test hypotheses regarding the role of neural systems in learning versus incentive motivational functions and to study individual variation in the extent to which reward-associated stimuli act as incentive stimuli.

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Authors
Robinson, T. E., & Flagel, S. B.
Affiliations
University of Michigan (US)
Corresponding author
Robinson, Terry E.
Venue
Biological Psychiatry
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2009-05
Volume
65
Issue
10
Pages
869-873
ISSN
0006-3223 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2005718472
Cited by
416
References
19
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4.76
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Biological Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
National Institute on Drug Abuse (P01DA021633, R37DA004294, R37 DA04294)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
Keywords
classical conditioning, incentive salience, sign-tracking, goal tracking, individual differences, approach behavior, incentive motivation, rats
MeSH terms
Animals, Conditioning, Classical, Cues, Individuality, Motivation, Reinforcement, Psychology, Reward, Rats

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