Dynamic threat-reward neural processing under semi-naturalistic ecologically relevant scenarios.

ABSTRACT: Studies of affective neuroscience have typically employed highly controlled, static experimental paradigms to investigate the neural underpinnings of threat and reward processing in the brain. Yet our knowledge of affective processing in more naturalistic settings remains limited. Specifically, affective studies generally examine threat and reward features separately and under brief time periods, despite the fact that in nature organisms are often exposed to the simultaneous presence of threat and reward features for extended periods. To study the neural mechanisms of threat and reward processing under distinct temporal profiles, we created a modified version of the PACMAN game that included these environmental features. We also conducted two automated meta-analyses to compare the findings

SUBMITTER: Levitas DJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10915741 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature