2025
Behavior engineering using quantitative reinforcement learning models
Dan O, Plonsky O, Loewenstein Y. Behavior engineering using quantitative reinforcement learning models. Nature Communications 2025, 16: 4109. PMID: 40316521, PMCID: PMC12048583, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-58888-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTwo-alternative taskReinforcement learning modelModel of choiceReward schedulePsychological principlesMethods of model comparisonEffects of engineeringCognitive scienceExperimental participantsShape behaviorQuantitative modelTheoretical importanceAnimal behaviorLearning modelsEngine behaviorBehavioral engineeringEngineeringEngineering approachModel comparisonTaskAcademic competitionQualitative principles
2023
Perspectives on contingency management for alcohol use and alcohol‐associated conditions among people in care with HIV
Cohen S, DePhilippis D, Deng Y, Dziura J, Ferguson T, Fucito L, Justice A, Maisto S, Marconi V, Molina P, Paris M, Rodriguez‐Barradas M, Simberkoff M, Petry N, Fiellin D, Edelman E. Perspectives on contingency management for alcohol use and alcohol‐associated conditions among people in care with HIV. Alcohol Clinical And Experimental Research 2023, 47: 1783-1797. PMID: 37524371, PMCID: PMC10828101, DOI: 10.1111/acer.15159.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchUnhealthy alcohol useAlcohol useContingency managementPrimary care settingSubset of participantsReward structureEvidence-based approachHIV clinicImplementation science frameworkTreatment trialsClinical trialsIntervention feasibilityCare settingsPromoting ActionAlcohol consumptionRelated conditionsBiochemical testingClinical contextHIVReward schedulePatientsReward processesInterventionTrialsBehavior change
2016
Regulating task-monitoring systems in response to variable reward contingencies and outcomes in cocaine addicts
Morie KP, De Sanctis P, Garavan H, Foxe JJ. Regulating task-monitoring systems in response to variable reward contingencies and outcomes in cocaine addicts. Psychopharmacology 2016, 233: 1105-1118. PMID: 26861797, DOI: 10.1007/s00213-015-4191-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsReward processingTask successConsummatory reward processingEvent-related potentialsSpeeded response taskValue of rewardsMeasures of anhedoniaCocaine usersNeural measuresReward contingenciesPredictive cuesReward motivationReward receiptReward outcomesTask contingenciesResponse taskActive cocaine abusersReward probabilityHedonic toneAnticipatory responsesVulnerability markerReward scheduleMonitoring deficienciesAnhedoniaReward
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