ReviewAnnual review of psychology2025
The Incentive-Sensitization Theory of Addiction 30 Years On.
Review in Annual review of psychology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 72 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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72 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- What can case-control comparisons of neural drug cue reactivity tell us about addiction? A neuroimaging meta-analysis.Translational psychiatry · 2026Pooled it
- The effects of approach bias modification on smoking cue-reactivity in individuals who smoke: A randomized controlled fMRI study.Scientific reports · 2026Trial
- Effects of High-Frequency rTMS Combined With Physical Exercise on Mood Disorders in Patients With Methamphetamine Use Disorder: A Randomized Clinical Trial.Depression and anxiety · 2026Trial
- Joint effects of real-world cue exposure and affective states on momentary alcohol craving in adults with alcohol use disorder.Drug and alcohol dependence reports · 2026Article
- Cued unpredictable intermittent access exacerbates loss of control over ethanol drinking.Neuropharmacology · 2026Article
- Cue-induced inhibitory control in forensic patients with alcohol use disorder: A link to criminal recidivism risk assessed by factor 2 psychopathy.Addictive behaviors reports · 2026Article
- Exploring the nature and relationship of tobacco cigarette craving and withdrawal.Journal of psychopathology and clinical science · 2026Article
- Continuous Subcutaneous Apomorphine as a Temporary Bridging Therapy for Dopamine Dysregulation Syndrome in Patients with Deep Brain Stimulation.Movement disorders clinical practice · 2026Article
- Endurance exercise relieves methamphetamine craving behaviors via hepatic synthesis of N-Acetylneuraminic acid.Molecular psychiatry · 2026Article
- Neuromodulatory Gating of Synaptic Plasticity: Mechanisms, Motivation, and Clinical Dysfunction Across Scales.Synapse (New York, N.Y.) · 2026Review
- Temporal Dynamics of Reward Dysfunction in Psychiatric Disorders: Memory-Derived Value, Incentive Salience, Hedonic Impact, and Value Updating.Biological psychiatry global open science · 2026Review
- Novel Roles of Urokinase- and Tissue-Type Plasminogen Activators in Substance Use Disorders: A Narrative Review of Molecular Mechanisms and Translational Perspectives.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Can the incentive-sensitization theory of addiction incorporate addiction to opioid drugs?Psychopharmacology · 2026Review
- Attentional bias toward emotional and cigarette cues: Insights from a computer mouse-tracking task in adults who smoke and adults who do not smoke.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2026Article
- Cued unpredictable intermittent access exacerbates loss of control over ethanol drinking.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Alcohol Cues Invigorate Aversion-Resistant Alcohol Drinking.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Individualized prediction of heroin cue-induced craving using task-based EEG functional connectivity.NPJ digital medicine · 2026Article
- Dynamic interplay between food addiction, psychological and behavioral factors, and weight-related measures: A longitudinal network analysis in developing youth.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2026Article
- Gaming disorder and compensation-based gaming motivations: A longitudinal study of emerging adults.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2026Article
- Dopamine projections to the basolateral amygdala enable reward prediction.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
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Abstract
The incentive-sensitization theory (IST) of addiction was first published in 1993, proposing that (
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