Relief as a reward: hedonic and neural responses to safety from pain
Relief fits the definition of a reward. Unlike other reward types the pleasantness of relief depends on the violation of a negative expectation, yet this has not been investigated using neuroimaging approaches. We hypothesized that the degree of negative expectation depends on state (dread) and trai...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2011
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