Dissecting components of reward: 'liking', 'wanting', and learning.
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SUBMITTER: Berridge KC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2756052 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Feb
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Dissecting components of reward: 'liking', 'wanting', and learning.
Berridge Kent C KC Robinson Terry E TE Aldridge J Wayne JW
Current opinion in pharmacology 20090121 1
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 ...[more]
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