Individuals family history positive for alcoholism show functional magnetic resonance imaging differences
in reward sensitivity that are related to impulsivity factors.
Not exact matches
Our natural inclinations seem to be connected to the individual
sensitivity of our amygdalae, the part of the brain that functions as the «emotional switchboard,» and to how actively we each respond to dopamine — a «
reward chemical» released
in the brain when it anticipates attaining something pleasurable, like sex or chocolate cheesecake.
This same open receptivity toward life mediated through literature will be equally
rewarding in the effort to maintain
sensitivity.
Name: Torie Lives
in: Wallington, New Jersey Breastfeeding experience: Difficult but
rewarding Main challenges: Her son's extreme
sensitivity to her diet Breastfed for: 20 months
However, individual differences
in sensitivity to alcohol's positive
rewarding effects are associated with a greater tendency to remember alcohol - related environmental stimuli encountered while intoxicated.
«The outcome of this study,
in combination with our other recent findings involving human teens, indicates that the peer influence on
reward sensitivity during late adolescence is not just a matter of peer pressure or bravado or
in any way dependent on familiarity with the observer,» Steinberg said.
In addition, they undertook some tasks assessing food
reward sensitivity and impulsive reactions to food.
The researchers also found increased activity between areas of the prefrontal cortex and the nucleus accumbens, a center for
reward sensitivity that is often implicated
in addiction research.
One lab reconciled these seemingly disparate ideas by focusing on
sensitivity to
reward, a psychobiological trait assumed to be rooted
in the dopamine
reward system.
While sensory processing is elevated
in many of these subjects, other research shows that their
reward sensitivity is lower.
This, along with preclinical studies showing that D3 receptor antagonists interfere with drug seeking and cue - and stress - induced reinstatement (68), suggest that up - regulated D3 receptor signaling
in midbrain might contribute to drug craving and to decreased
sensitivity to
reward in marijuana abusers (see below).
Positive emotionality was inversely associated with MP - induced increases
in midbrain DA, which could reflect the fact that
in midbrain, D2 and D3 are autoreceptors; therefore, their stimulation would result
in decreased DA release
in striatum (including accumbens)(74), leading to decreased
sensitivity to
reward and amotivation (75).
Insulin
sensitivity and brain
reward activation
in overweight Hispanic girls: a pilot study.
But a new study published
in Archives of General Psychiatry by University of Chicago researchers finds that heavy drinkers actually experience greater
sensitivity to the
rewarding and stimulating effects of alcohol, along with lower sedation.
Appelhans BM, Woolf K, Pagoto SL, Schneider KL, Whited MC, Liebman R. Inhibiting food
reward: delay discounting, food
reward sensitivity, and palatable food intake
in overweight and obese women.
CBD can stimulate the appetite by increasing
sensitivity to the smell and taste of food
in dogs, making eating a more
rewarding experience for your pooch.
Glesner, supra n. 47, at 654 («We need to convince students that the
rewards of a successful legal career are not only for those students who earn grades
in the top ten percentile, but also depend on their
sensitivity, reliability, or honesty.»).
We hypothesised that functional variations
in the DRD4 gene expressed preferentially
in brain regions of the
reward circuit might modulate
sensitivity to maternal stimuli, which
in turn might result
in infants» differential
sensitivity to aspects of care - giving behaviour.
Behavioural inhibition system behavioural activation system (BIS / BAS) scales and
sensitivity to punishment and
sensitivity to
reward questionnaire (SPSRQ) which are based on Gray's theory of personality and the sensation seeking scale (SSS), which is based on Zuckerman's sensation seeking theory have been commonly used
in both research and clinical practice.
Nevertheless, greater attention orientation toward happy faces, for children with high CU traits and high ODD - related problems, is
in line with data suggesting that adolescent youth with disruptive behaviors exhibit increased
reward sensitivity (Byrd et al., 2014) and that CU traits are associated with a tendency to be over-focused on
reward (Frick et al., 2003; Frick and White, 2008).
The results are discussed
in light of the differential susceptibility hypothesis and the
reward sensitivity mechanism.
Part of what might explain these differences comes from work suggesting that youths with disruptive behavior disorders may actually show lower neural
sensitivity to
rewards, leading them to engage
in more sensation - seeking and
reward - seeking behavior to compensate for this lack of
sensitivity (see [84] for a review).
Specifically, established findings show that adolescents are at a developmental stage
in which the limbic - striatal system (responsible for emotional drive, emotional response, arousal, novelty - and sensation - seeking, and
reward sensitivity) is more quickly and fully developed than the PFC and related circuitry, which is not fully developed until adulthood (responsible for self - regulation, emotional control, impulse and cognitive control, planning, decision making, and executive functioning)(see [3 • •, 29 • •, 34, 35, 36, 37 • •, 38] for reviews).1
Behavioral Control and
Reward Sensitivity in Adolescents» Risk Taking Behavior: A Longitudinal TRAILS Study.
Response perseveration and
sensitivity to
reward and punishment
in boys with oppositional defiant disorder
The possibility that
sensitivity to stressors could be related to reproductive inhibition has been suggested (Marcus et al., 2001; Michopoulos et al., 2013), along with the possibility that individual differences
in reward processing (i.e. perception and response to positive stimuli) could determine psychological and / or reproductive resilience (Rutten et al., 2013).