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Goal-directed and transfer-cue-elicited drug-seeking are dissociated by pharmacotherapy: Evidence for independent additive controllers.

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Hogarth, Lee·2012·Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

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According to contemporary learning theory, drug-seeking behavior reflects the summation of 2 dissociable controllers. Whereas goal-directed drug-seeking is determined by the expected current incentive value of the drug, stimulus-elicited drug-seeking is determined by the expected probability of the drug independently of its current incentive value, and these 2 controllers contribute additively to observed drug-seeking. One applied prediction of this model is that smoking cessation pharmacotherapies selectively attenuate tonic but not cue-elicited craving because they downgrade the expected incentive value of the drug but leave expected probability intact. To test this, the current study examined whether nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) nasal spray would modify goal-directed tobacco choice in a human outcome devaluation procedure, but leave cue-elicited tobacco choice in a Pavlovian to instrumental transfer (PIT) procedure intact. Smokers (N= 96) first underwent concurrent choice training in which 2 responses earned tobacco or chocolate points, respectively. Participants then ingested either NRT nasal spray (1 mg) or chocolate (147 g) to devalue 1 outcome. Concurrent choice was then tested again in extinction to measure goal-directed control of choice, and in a PIT test to measure the extent to which tobacco and chocolate stimuli enhanced choice of the same outcome. It was found that NRT modified tobacco choice in the extinction test but not the extent to which the tobacco stimulus enhanced choice of the tobacco outcome in the PIT test. This dissociation suggests that the propensity to engage in drug-seeking is determined independently by the expected value and probability of the drug, and that pharmacotherapy has partial efficacy because it selectively effects expected drug value.

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Authors
Hogarth, L.
Affiliations
UNSW Sydney (AU)
Corresponding author
Hogarth, Lee
Venue
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes
Published
2012
Volume
38
Issue
3
Pages
266-278
ISSN
  • 0097-7403 (ISSN-L)
  • 1939-2184
OpenAlex
W2095367667
Cited by
99
References
77
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FWCI
6.00
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Experimental Psychology Animal Behavior Processes (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Open Research Exeter (University of Exeter) (submittedVersion)
  • Figshare (submittedVersion)
Funders
Medical Research Council (G0701456)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Smoking Behavior and Cessation
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
Keywords
drug-seeking behavior, goal-directed behavior, nicotine replacement therapy, outcome devaluation, Pavlovian-to-instrumental transfer, incentive value, smoking cessation, nicotine dependence, extinction
MeSH terms
Administration, Intranasal, Adolescent, Adult, Awareness, Cues, Extinction, Psychological, Female, Goals, Humans, Male, Photic Stimulation, Smoking, Transfer, Psychology, Smoking Cessation, Young Adult, Drug-Seeking Behavior, Tobacco Use Cessation Devices

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