Dissecting components of reward: ‘liking’, ‘wanting’, and learning

By Kent C. Berridge, Terry E. Robinson, J. Aldridge. Current opinion in pharmacology (Print), 2009

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In recent years significant progress has been made delineating the psychological components of reward and their underlying neural mechanisms. Here we briefly highlight findings on three dissociable psychological components of reward: ‘liking’ (hedonic impact), ‘wanting’ (incentive salience), and learning (predictive associations and cognitions). A better understanding of the components of reward, and their neurobiological substrates, may help in devising improved treatments for disorders of mood and motivation, ranging from depression to eating disorders, drug addiction, and related compulsive pursuits of rewards.

Subfields: Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience, Molecular Biology

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Disentangling Curiosity: Dimensionality, Definitions, and Distinctions from Interest in Educational Contexts (2014, background): “Along these lines, curiosity and interest have been examined in relation to neurological reward systems (Berridge et al. 2009; Kang et al.2009 ) and are often described as innate tendencies (Iran-Nejad 1990; Izard 1977).”
The neuropsychology of consumer behavior and marketing (2018, background): “Evidence for the neural basis of wanting has primarily been found in the subcortical brain circuits, with the mesolimbic dopamine system being of particular importance (Berridge et al., 2009).”
Report Dopamine Enhances Expectation of Pleasure in Humans (2009, neutral): “First, the notion that dopamine acts as a pleasure neurotransmitter has been discounted by a large body of recent evidence (see [12, 13] for review).”
Integrating psychological and neurobiological considerations regarding the development and maintenance of specific Internet-use disorders: An Interaction of Person-Affect-Cognition-Execution (I-PACE) model. (2016, positive): “One xample is the incentive salience theory and the distinction of “likng” from “wanting” a drug (Berridge, 2007; Berridge et al., 2009; obinson and Berridge, 2001, 2008).”
Naturalizing aesthetics: Brain areas for aesthetic appraisal across sensory modalities (2011, neutral): “Finally, we include the ventral basal ganglia in this circuit, which are considered to be among the " hedonic hotspots " of the brain (Berridge et al., 2009).”
What is Approach Motivation? (2013, background): “Furthermore, in addiction, binge eating, and pathological gambling, individuals crave stimuli that no longer bring them pleasure (Berridge et al., 2009).”