An Adaptation of Pavlovian-to-Instrumental Transfer (PIT) Methodology to Examine the Energizing Effects of Reward-Predicting Cues on Behavior in Young Adults

An Adaptation of Pavlovian-to-Instrumental Transfer (PIT) Methodology to Examine the Energizing Effects of Reward-Predicting Cues on Behavior in Young Adults

There is growing recognition that much of human behavior is governed by the presence of classically conditioned cues. The Pavlovian-to-Instrumental Transfer (PIT) paradigm offers a way to measure the effects of classically conditioned stimuli on behavior. In the current study, a novel behavioral tas...

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Main Authors: Raquel Quimas Molina da Costa, Emi Furukawa, Sebastian Hoefle, Jorge Moll, Gail Tripp, Paulo Mattos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
Pavlovian conditioning
reward anticipation
conditioned stimuli
Pavlovian-to-instrumental transfer
fMRI- functional magnetic resonance imaging
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00195/full

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