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Parsing reward

Berridge, Kent C., Robinson, Terry E.·2003·Trends in Neurosciences
DOI 10.1016/s0166-2236(03)00233-9
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Advances in neurobiology permit neuroscientists to manipulate specific brain molecules, neurons and systems. This has lead to major advances in the neuroscience of reward. Here, it is argued that further advances will require equal sophistication in parsing reward into its specific psychological components: (1) learning (including explicit and implicit knowledge produced by associative conditioning and cognitive processes); (2) affect or emotion (implicit 'liking' and conscious pleasure) and (3) motivation (implicit incentive salience 'wanting' and cognitive incentive goals). The challenge is to identify how different brain circuits mediate different psychological components of reward, and how these components interact.

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  • DA and EO reward systems may subserve dissociable components of rewards: a behavioural reinforcement learning component ('wanting') and a hedonic experience component ('liking'), respectively.

    “Furthermore, DA (as discussed above) and EO reward systems may subserve dissociable components of rewards that may be applicable for understanding the maternal brain: a behavioural reinforcement learning component (‘wanting’) and a hedonic experience component (‘liking’), respectively (60).”

    From Neuroendocrinology of Parental Response to Baby‐Cry (2011) · cites this paper as [60]

  • Under particular circumstances such as drug addiction, 'liking' and 'wanting' can be dissociated, where 'wanting' may even occur despite the fact that the user might not subjectively enjoy the reward itself.

    “However, under particular circumstances such as drug addiction, ‘liking’ and ‘wanting’ can be dissociated, where ‘wanting’ may even occur despite the fact that the user might not subjectively enjoy the reward itself (Berridge & Robinson, 2003; Berridge, Robinson, & Aldridge, 2009).”

    From Cued for Risk: Evidence for an Incentive Sensitization Framework to Explain the Interplay between Stress and Anxiety, Substance Abuse, and Reward Uncertainty in Disordered Gambling Behavior (2019) · cites this paper as Berridge & Robinson, 2003

  • Dopamine is neither necessary nor sufficient for generating 'liking' responses, but plays a more important role in the motivational component ('wanting') of reward.

    “Although dopamine had long been thought to mediate ‘liking’, recent evidence indicates that dopamine is neither necessary nor sufficient for generating ‘liking’ responses, but plays a more important role in the motivational component (‘wanting’) of reward [8].”

    From Social “wanting” dysfunction in autism: neurobiological underpinnings and treatment implications (2012) · cites this paper as [8]

  • 'Wanting' is mainly driven by phasic dopaminergic neural firing in the ventral striatum, whereas 'liking' is largely influenced by the opioid system and recruits the ventromedial prefrontal cortex.

    “Whereas ‘wanting’ is mainly driven by phasic dopaminergic neural firing in the ventral striatum (including the nucleus accumbens), ‘liking’ is largely influenced by the opioid system, and recruits the ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC).”

    From Social “wanting” dysfunction in autism: neurobiological underpinnings and treatment implications (2012) · cites this paper as [8]

  • Reward is not a unitary construct but comprises different components that can be dissociated psychologically and neurobiologically.

    “Research has indeed shown that reward is not a unitary construct, but is actually comprised of different components, which can be dissociated both psychologically and neurobiologically [8].”

    From Social “wanting” dysfunction in autism: neurobiological underpinnings and treatment implications (2012) · cites this paper as [8]

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Authors
Berridge, K. C., & Robinson, T. E.
Affiliations
University of Michigan (US)
Corresponding author
  • Berridge, Kent C.
  • Robinson, Terry E.
ORCID
Venue
Trends in Neurosciences
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2003-09
Volume
26
Issue
9
Pages
507-513
ISSN
0166-2236 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/s0166-2236(03)00233-9
OpenAlex
W4238669448
Cited by
1,869
References
67
Citations by year
2026: 75 · 2025: 86 · 2024: 109 · 2023: 71 · 2022: 63 · 2021: 86 · 2020: 176 · 2019: 126 · 2018: 85 · 2017: 94 · 2016: 95 · 2015: 100 · 2014: 81 · 2013: 94 · 2012: 87
FWCI
3.63
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations
  • Trends in Neurosciences (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
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
reward, learning, affect, emotions, motivation, incentive salience, liking, pleasure, associative conditioning, brain circuits
MeSH terms
Animals, Emotions, Humans, Learning, Motivation, Reward

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