Life's rewards : linking dopamine, incentive learning, schizophrenia, and the mind /

Since its discovery in the 1960s, a vast and wide-ranging body of research has accumulated about the dopaminergic system. 'Life's Rewards' offers a broad synthesis of our current understanding of this chemical, addressing, amongst others, its intricate relationship with learning and m...

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Weitere Titel:
Linking dopamine, incentive learning, schizophrenia, and the mind
1. Verfasser:
Beninger, Richard J.
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Ausgabe:
First edition.
Zusammenfassung:
Since its discovery in the 1960s, a vast and wide-ranging body of research has accumulated about the dopaminergic system. 'Life's Rewards' offers a broad synthesis of our current understanding of this chemical, addressing, amongst others, its intricate relationship with learning and memory, psychopathology, social co-operation and drug abuse. Aimed at students and researchers in neuroscience and psychology, it is essential reading for anyone interested in the relationship between dopamine and reward-related incentive learning.
Umfang:
1 online resource (x, 475 pages) : illustrations
Anmerkungen:
This edition previously issued in print:2018.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-255738-6
0-19-186275-4
0-19-255737-8
Schlagworte:
Reinforcement (Psychology)
Dopamine.
Neurochemistry.
Memory > Physiological aspects.
Schizophrenia > Physiological aspects.
Parkinson's disease > Physiological aspects.
Dopamine. > NLM-D004298
Reinforcement, Psychology. > NLM-D012054
Reward. > NLM-D012054
Memory > physiology.
Schizophrenia > physiopathology.
Parkinson Disease > physiopathology.
Neurochemistry. > NLM-D009448
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