Methamphetamine and social rewards interact to produce enhanced conditioned place preference in male adolescent rats
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DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2020.173091
Abstract: Elucidating the influence of social context on drug reward is critical for understanding substance use disorders. Adolescents demonstrate enhanced sensitivity to drug and social rewards. However, the extent to which methamphetamine interacts with social reward… read more here.
Keywords: place preference; social rewards; methamphetamine social; conditioned place ... See more keywords
The Valuation of Social Rewards in Schizophrenia
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DOI: 10.1037/abn0000366
Abstract: Social impairment in schizophrenia is often thought to reflect poor social cognition. Here we examine responses to social rewards, an aspect of social functioning that is not featured prominently in the literature. The goal of… read more here.
Keywords: rewards schizophrenia; valuation social; social rewards; valuation ... See more keywords
Neural responsivity to social rewards in autistic female youth
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DOI: 10.1038/s41398-020-0824-8
Abstract: Autism is hypothesized to be in part driven by a reduced sensitivity to the inherently rewarding nature of social stimuli. Previous neuroimaging studies have indicated that autistic males do indeed display reduced neural activity to… read more here.
Keywords: female youth; autistic boys; social rewards; activity ... See more keywords
Two is better than one: Social rewards from two agents enhance offline improvements in motor skills more than single agent
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0240622
Abstract: Social rewards as praise from others enhance offline improvements in human motor skills. Does praise from artificial beings, e.g., computer-graphics-based agents (displayed agents) and robots (collocated agents), also enhance offline improvements in motor skills as… read more here.
Keywords: motor skills; improvements motor; offline improvements; enhance offline ... See more keywords
Distraction Modulates Self-Referential Effects in the Processing of Monetary and Social Rewards
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DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02723
Abstract: A reward that is personally relevant tends to induce stronger pursuit motivation than a reward that is linked to other people. However, the role of attention in eliciting this “self-referential reward effect” remains unclear. In… read more here.
Keywords: referential reward; attention; self referential; reward effect ... See more keywords