Organisms learn to gain reward and avoid punishment through action–outcome
associations. Reinforcement learning (RL) offers a critical framework to understand …

Introduction Attentional bias to reward-associated stimuli can occur even when it interferes
with goal-driven behavior. One theory posits that dopaminergic signaling in the striatum …

Background Recent research has aimed to characterize processes underlying general
liability toward psychopathology, termed the p factor. Given previous research linking the p …

Motor conflicts arise when we need to quickly overwrite prepotent behavior. It has been
proposed that affective stimuli modulate the neural processing of motor conflicts. However …

Human behavioral studies have shown that reward has multifaceted (motivational, learning,
and emotional) effects on cognitive control. Past studies have extensively explored the …

Intentional inhibition, the ability to voluntarily inhibit or suspend an action preparation, is
closely related to self-control. It is widely believed that subliminal stimuli can also activate …

12. Meyer KN, Davidow JY#, Van Dijk KRA, Santillana RM, Snyder J., Vidal Bustamante
CM#, Hollinshead M., Buckner RL, Rosen BR, Somerville LH, & Sheridan MA (2021). History …

Animal studies have highlighted the deficits on behavioral flexibility resulting from
adolescent alcohol exposure, and recent research from human models suggests that …

7. Schulz CC, von Klitzing K, Deserno L, Sheridan MA, Crowley MJ, Schoett MJS, Hoffmann
F, Villringer A, Vrticka P, White LO (2022) Emotional maltreatment and neglect impact neural …