Sentences with phrase «which reward circuitry»

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To regulate mood, the prefrontal cortex acts as a pacemaker to coordinate the actions of the amygdala, which governs stress responses, and the ventral tegmental area, which plays a role in the brain's reward circuitry.

Jaak Panksepp, a neuroscientist at the Falk Center for Molecular Therapeutics at Northwestern University, calls the dopamine system the brain's «seeking» circuitry, which propels us to explore new avenues for reward in our environment.

We have also linked this circuitry to the ability to learn to repeat actions that are rewarded and avoid actions that are punished, which is disrupted in conditions like obsessive - compulsive disorder and drug addiction.

Checking our devices activates the reward circuitry in the brain, triggering the body to release a hit of the «pleasure hormone» dopamine, which is exactly what happens when we gamble, says Dr. Greenfield.

Attachment security can be bolstered by presenting cues characteristic of a secure attachment figure, which is associated with the activation of dopamine - rich areas associated with the mammalian reward and motivation circuitry (Aron et al., 2005).

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