ArticleNeuroImage. Clinical2020
Is monetary reward processing altered in drug-naïve youth with a behavioral addiction? Findings from internet gaming disorder.
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- Functional Neural Alterations in Pathological Internet Use: A Meta-Analysis of Neuroimaging Studies.Frontiers in neurology · 2022Pooled it
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- Dysfunctional reward processing amplifies stress-related smartphone overuse: Evidence from ERPs and ecological momentary assessment.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2025Article
- Love at first glance: Imbalanced processing to gaming and natural rewards in internet gaming disorder.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2025Article
- Prefrontal cortex responses to game rewards and losses in individuals with Internet Gaming Disorder: Insights from fNIRS during mobile gameplay.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2025Article
- Gaming disorder: Neural mechanisms and ongoing debates.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2025Review
- The longitudinal association between reward processing and symptoms of video game addiction in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2024Article
- Outcome assessment of different reward stimuli in Internet gaming disorder by event-related potentials.PloS one · 2024Article
- Body Focused Repetitive Behavior Disorders: Behavioral Models and Neurobiological Mechanisms.Turk psikiyatri dergisi = Turkish journal of psychiatry · 2023Review
- Opposing associations of Internet Use Disorder symptom domains with structural and functional organization of the striatum: A dimensional neuroimaging approach.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2022Article
- The roles of behavioral inhibition/activation systems and impulsivity in problematic smartphone use: A network analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Nonlinear associations between punishment sensitivity and problematic Internet use among adolescents: Results from cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses.International journal of clinical and health psychology : IJCHPArticle
- Distinct value-modulated connectomic signatures during monetary incentive anticipation predict severity and craving in internet gaming disorder.International journal of clinical and health psychology : IJCHPArticle
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Abstract
Current models of addiction biology highlight altered neural responses to non-drug rewards as a central feature of addiction. However, given that drugs of abuse can directly impact reward-related dopamine circuitry, it is difficult to determine the extent to which reward processing alterations are a trait feature of individuals with addictions, or primarily a consequence of exogenous drug exposure. Examining individuals with behavioral addictions is one promising approach for disentangling neural features of addiction from the direct effects of substance exposure. The current fMRI study compared neural responses during monetary reward processing between drug naïve young adults with a behavioral addiction, internet gaming disorder (IGD; n = 22), and healthy controls (n = 27) using a monetary incentive delay task. Relative to controls, individuals with IGD exhibited blunted caudate activity associated with loss magnitude at the outcome stage, but did not differ from controls in neural activity at other stages. These findings suggest that decreased loss sensitivity might be a critical feature of IGD, whereas alterations in gain processing may be less characteristic of individuals with IGD, relative to those with substance use disorders. Therefore, classic theories of altered reward processing in substance use disorders should be translated to behavioral addictions with caution.
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