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Common and distinct networks underlying reward valence and processing stages: A meta-analysis of functional neuroimaging studies

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Liu, Xun, Hairston, Jacqueline, Schrier, Madeleine, Fan, Jin·2011·Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews

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To better understand the reward circuitry in human brain, we conducted activation likelihood estimation (ALE) and parametric voxel-based meta-analyses (PVM) on 142 neuroimaging studies that examined brain activation in reward-related tasks in healthy adults. We observed several core brain areas that participated in reward-related decision making, including the nucleus accumbens (NAcc), caudate, putamen, thalamus, orbitofrontal cortex (OFC), bilateral anterior insula, anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) and posterior cingulate cortex (PCC), as well as cognitive control regions in the inferior parietal lobule and prefrontal cortex (PFC). The NAcc was commonly activated by both positive and negative rewards across various stages of reward processing (e.g., anticipation, outcome, and evaluation). In addition, the medial OFC and PCC preferentially responded to positive rewards, whereas the ACC, bilateral anterior insula, and lateral PFC selectively responded to negative rewards. Reward anticipation activated the ACC, bilateral anterior insula, and brain stem, whereas reward outcome more significantly activated the NAcc, medial OFC, and amygdala. Neurobiological theories of reward-related decision making should therefore take distributed and interrelated representations of reward valuation and valence assessment into account.

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Authors
Liu, X., Hairston, J., Schrier, M., & Fan, J.
Affiliations
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
  • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (US)
  • Queens College, CUNY (US)
Corresponding author
Liu, Xun
Venue
Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2011-04
Volume
35
Issue
5
Pages
1219-1236
ISSN
0149-7634 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2131675069
Cited by
916
References
196
Citations by year
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2.34
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • Institutional Repository of Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences) (submittedVersion)
  • Institutional Repository of Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
Funders
National Institute of Mental Health (R21MH083164)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Gambling Behavior and Treatments
Keywords
reward processing, reward valence, reward systems, nucleus accumbens, orbitofrontal cortex, anterior insula, anterior cingulate cortex, posterior cingulate cortex, thalamus, caudate and putamen, reward anticipation, reward outcome, amygdala, cognitive control
MeSH terms
Brain, Brain Mapping, Diagnostic Imaging, Humans, Functional Laterality, Neural Pathways, Reward, Likelihood Functions, Databases, Factual

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