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Considerations for the study of “incentive hope” and sign-tracking behaviors in humans

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 March 2019

Eva R. Pool  and
David Sander
Eva R. Pool
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Geneva, CH-1205 Geneva, Switzerland. Eva.Pool@unige.chhttps://www.unige.ch/fapse/e3lab/members1/senior-researchers-and-lecturers/dr-eva-r-pool/
David Sander
Affiliation:
Swiss Center for Affective Sciences, University of Geneva, CH-1202 Geneva, Switzerland. David.Sander@unige.chhttps://www.unige.ch/fapse/e3lab/director/
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Abstract

The amplification of reward-seeking behavior under uncertainty described by Anselme & Güntürkün is based on the animal literature. However, this phenomenon could provide valuable information for the understanding of several dysfunctional human behaviors such as overeating and gambling. Therefore, we formulated some considerations on how the “incentive hope” hypothesis could be tested on a human population.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 42 , 2019 , e48
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