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01-09-2018 | Original Paper

Does the Brain’s Reward Response Occur Even Without Actual Reward? A Response to Fielding et al. (2017)

Authors: Benjamin James Dyson, Lewis Forder, Jukka Sundvall

Published in: Journal of Gambling Studies | Issue 3/2018

Abstract

A recent paper by Fielding et al. (J Gamb Stud, 2017) argued that the brain’s reward response could occur without the presentation of actual reward. We suggest that since (a) the event-related potentials reported in this paper are atypical of the previous literature, and, (b) a simpler account of the data in terms of sensitivity to outcome frequency cannot be ruled out, the extent to which the brain’s reward response can occur without the presentation of actual reward should remain an open question.

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Title: Does the Brain’s Reward Response Occur Even Without Actual Reward? A Response to Fielding et al. (2017)
Authors: Benjamin James Dyson
Lewis Forder
Jukka Sundvall
Publication date: 01-09-2018
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Journal of Gambling Studies / Issue 3/2018
Electronic ISSN: 1573-3602
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10899-018-9746-2

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