Open AccessThe role of ‘jackpot’ stimuli in maladaptive decision-making: dissociable effects of D1/D2 receptor agonists and antagonists
Author(s) -
Aaron Smith,
Rebecca S. Hofford,
Thomas R. Zentall,
Joshua S. Beckmann
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
psychopharmacology/psychopharmacologia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.378
H-Index - 196
eISSN - 1432-2072
pISSN - 0033-3158
DOI - 10.1007/s00213-018-4851-6
Subject(s) - psychology , neuroscience , dopaminergic , stimulus (psychology) , dopamine , developmental psychology , cognitive psychology
Laboratory experiments often model risk through a choice between a large, uncertain (LU) reward against a small, certain (SC) reward as an index of an individual's risk tolerance. An important factor generally lacking from these procedures are reward-associated cues that may modulate risk preferences.