Sentences with phrase «on reward sensitivity»
«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.
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«For example, the endocannabinoid and dopamine systems are at their peak and these major neurobiological changes are reflected on the behavioral level; reward sensitivity is highest during puberty.
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.
Marijuana abusers showed lower scores on positive emotionality and higher scores on negative emotionality than controls, consistent, on the one hand, with lower reward sensitivity and motivation and, on the other hand, with increased stress reactivity and irritability.
Dependence on alcohol and nicotine, and the associations of these two drugs of abuse with a greater affinity and sensitivity to sweets may originate from a common neurobiological base of reward or genetic factors, the researchers say.
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.»).
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).