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Risky Business: The Effects of Reward Cues on Decision Making in Models of Addiction
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Risky Business: The Effects of Reward Cues on Decision Making in Models of Addiction

Date: July 6, 2021 2:00 pm

Risky Business: The Effects of Reward Cues on Decision Making in Models of Addiction

Speaker: Mariya Cherkasova, Prof. Dr.

Mariya Cherkasova, Prof. Dr.
Department of Psychology, West Virginia University, USA

Reward cues can potently influence behaviour. In people with addictive disorders, cue-reactivity predicts addictive behaviour such as drug seeking as well as relapse. In this talk, I will present studies looking at the effects of reward cues on decision making as a candidate mechanism whereby exposure to cues may bias behavior. Mirroring earlier findings in rodents, my work in humans suggests that reward cues can promote riskier choice and that these effects may depend on dopamine signaling. Individual differences in the propensity to attribute motivational salience to reward cues may modulate these risk-promoting effects.

Host: Ulrich Ettinger, Prof. Dr.

Details: July 6 at 2:00 pm

Chair: Prof. Dr. Ulrich Ettinger

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Venue:

https://uni-bonn.zoom.us/j/92745956090?pwd=N3BmdTBrczkzb1ZScHNucU9zV1F1UT09
Meeting-ID: 927 4595 6090
Kenncode: 889196

Contact:

Prof. Dr. Heinz Beck
Institute of Experimental Epileptology and Cognition Research
Life and Brain Center
University of Bonn Medical Center
Sigmund-Freud Str. 25
53127 Bonn

Contact:

Prof. Dr. Heinz Beck
Institute of Experimental Epileptology and Cognition Research
Life and Brain Center
University of Bonn Medical Center
Sigmund-Freud Str. 25
53127 Bonn

Contact:

Prof. Dr. Heinz Beck
Institute of Experimental Epileptology and Cognition Research
Life and Brain Center
University of Bonn Medical Center
Sigmund-Freud Str. 25
53127 Bonn