{"id":21726,"date":"2017-06-19T10:26:17","date_gmt":"2017-06-19T14:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/?p=21726"},"modified":"2017-06-18T18:18:31","modified_gmt":"2017-06-18T22:18:31","slug":"anticipation-helps-pathological-gamblers-hold-out-for-larger-but-later-rewards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/2017\/06\/anticipation-helps-pathological-gamblers-hold-out-for-larger-but-later-rewards\/","title":{"rendered":"Anticipation helps pathological gamblers hold out for larger-but-later rewards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From the Society for Neuroscience press release:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p id=\"first\" class=\"lead\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-12109\" src=\"http:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/gambling-chips-dice.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"290\" height=\"187\" \/><strong>Triggering pathological gamblers to envision a future personal experience reduces their preference for an immediate reward over a larger, delayed award<\/strong>, according to a study published in <em>eNeuro<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"text\">\n<p>Pathological gambling is a <strong>behavioral addiction associated with preference for a smaller but more immediate reward over a larger reward in the future<\/strong>. In the brain, the nucleus accumbens (NAcc) and ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC) are thought to encode how these rewards are valued.<\/p>\n<p>Antonius Wiehler and colleagues presented 24 male pathological gamblers and 24 healthy men with a choice between an immediate monetary reward or a larger-but-delayed reward, while also reminding them of a future personal event such as an upcoming vacation. The researchers found that <strong>thinking about this future event might shift reward preference and its associated representation in the brain in the pathological gamblers<\/strong>. Brain activity while thinking about the future event was similar in both the pathological gamblers and healthy men. A correlation between decision-making and activity in the hippocampus was found only in healthy men, suggesting a possible role for this region in regulating impulsive behavior. These findings suggest <strong>interventions that enhance the value of future rewards may be effective in reducing impulsive decision-making in pathological gamblers<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Society for Neuroscience press release: Triggering pathological gamblers to envision a future personal experience reduces their preference for an immediate reward over a larger, delayed award, according to a study published in eNeuro. Pathological gambling is a behavioral addiction associated with preference for a smaller but more immediate reward over a larger reward&hellip;&nbsp;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[350,6],"tags":[21,42,127,28,52,93],"class_list":["post-21726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-addictions","category-neuroscience","tag-addiction","tag-brain","tag-decision-making","tag-decisionmaking","tag-gambling","tag-neuroscience-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21726"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21726\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21765,"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21726\/revisions\/21765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}