Publications

 Neural Systems Underlying Reward Processing

Rupprechter, S, Romaniuk, L, Series, P., Hirose, Y, Hawkins, E, Sandu-giuraniuc, A., McNeil, C., Shen, X., Harris, M., Campbell, A., Porteous, D., McFarlane, J., Lawrie, S., Murray, A., Delgado, MR., McIntosh, A., Whalley, H., Steele, Douglas (2020). Blunted medial prefrontal-cortico-limbic reward-related effective connectivity and depression.  Brain.  143(6):1946-1956.
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Ly V, Wang KS, Bhanji J, Delgado MR. (2019).  A reward-based framework of perceived control. Front Neurosci. 2019 Feb 12;13:65. 
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Watanabe, N, Bhanji, JP, Ohira, H, Delgado, MR. (2018).  Reward-Driven Arousal Impacts Preparation to Perform a Task via Amygdala–Caudate Mechanisms. Cerebral Cortex. 29(7):3010-3022.
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Cho C., Smith D.V., Delgado M.R. (2016). Reward sensitivity enhances ventrolateral prefrontal cortex activation during free choice. Frontiers in Decision Neuroscience 10:529.
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Smith, D.V., Gseir, M., Speer, M.E., Delgado, M.R. (2016).  Toward a cumulative science of functional integration: a meta-analysis of psychophysiological interactions.  Human Brain Mapping. 37(8):2904-17.
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Smith, D.V., Rigney, A.E., Delgado, M.R. (2016).  Distinct reward properties are encoded via corticostriatal interactions.  Scientific Reports.  6:20093.
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Wang, K.S., Smith, D.V., Delgado, M.R. (2016).  Using fMRI to study reward processing in humans: Past, present and future. Journal of Neurophysiology.  115(3):1664-78. 
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Delgado, M.R., Beer, J.S., Fellows, L., Huettel, S., Platt, M., Quirk, G., Schiller, D.S. (2016). Viewpoints: Dialogues on the functional role of the ventromedial prefrontal cortex. Nature Neuroscience.  19(12): 1545-1552.
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Pessiglione, M. & Delgado, M.R. (2015). The good, the bad and the brain: Neural correlates of appetitive and aversive values underlying decision making. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences. 5:78-84.
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Wu, S., Delgado, M.R., Maloney, L.T. (2015). Gambling on visual performance: Neural correlates of metacognitive choice between visual lotteries.  Frontiers in Decision Neuroscience, 9:314.
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Smith, D.V., Sip, K.S., Delgado, M.R. (2015).  Functional connectivity with distinct neural networks tracks fluctuations in gain/loss framing susceptibility. Human Brain Mapping.  36(7):2743-55.
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van Duijvenvoorde, A.C.K., Huizenga, M.H., Sommerville, L.H., Delgado, M.R., Powers, A., Weeda, W.D., Casey, B.J., Weber, E.U.,  Figner, B. (2015)  Neural correlates of expected risks and returns in risky choice across development. Journal of Neuroscience. 35(4):1549-60.
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Delgado, M.R., Ravizza, S.M., Porcelli, A.J. (2015).  Motivational influences on cognitive control: the role of reward processing.  In Braver, T., Ed. Motivation and Cognitive Control.  Pp. 83-104.  Routledge.
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Delgado, M.R. & Rigney, A.E. (2015). Reward systems: Human. Reference Module in Biomedical Sciences. Elsevier. 
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Wu, S.W. & Delgado, M.R. Maloney, L.T. (2015). Motor decision-making. In Toga, A.W., Ed., Brain Mapping: an Encyclopedia Reference. Pp. 361-366.  Waltham, MA: Academic Press.
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Smith, D.V. & Delgado, M.R. (2015).  Reward processing. In Toga, A.W., Ed., Brain Mapping: an Encyclopedia Reference. Pp. 361-366.  Waltham, MA: Academic Press.
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Speer, M.E., Bhanji, J.P., Delgado, M.R. (2014).  Savoring the past: Positive memories evoke value representations in the striatum.  Neuron. 84(4):847-56.
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Bhanji, J. P., & Delgado, M. R. (2014). The social brain and reward: social information processing in the human striatum. WIREs Cognitive science, 5(1), 61–73. https://doi.org/10.1002/wcs.1266
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Wilson, S.J., Delgado, M.R., McKee, S.A., Grigson, P.S., MacLean, R.R., Nichols, T.T., Henry, S.L. (2014). Weak Ventral Striatal Responses to Monetary Outcomes Predict an Unwillingness to Resist Cigarette Smoking. Cognitive, Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience. 14(4):1196-207.
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Fareri, D.S. & Delgado, M.R. (2014).  Social rewards and social networks in the human brain. Neuroscientist. 20(4):387-402. 
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Fareri, D.M. & Delgado, M.R. (2013). Reward learning: Contributions of corticobasal ganglia circuits to reward value signals.  In Armony, J. & Vuilleumier, P., Eds. Handbook of Affective Neuroscience. Cambridge University Press.
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Bhanji, J.P. & Delgado, M.R. (2013) Should I buy this book? How we construct prospective value. Nature Neuroscience. 16(10):1357-9.
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Lewis, A.H. & Delgado, M.R. (2013). Between abstinence and dependency: Understanding the brain and behavioral correlates of reward learning in occasional stimulant users.  Biological Psychiatry. 73(3):209-10.
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Fareri, D.M., Niznikiewicz, M., Lee, V., Delgado, M.R. (2012). Social network modulation of reward-related signals. Journal of Neuroscience. 32(26):9045-9052.
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Delgado, M.R. & Dickerson, K.C. (2012). Reward-related learning via multiple memory systems.  Biological Psychiatry. 72(2):134-41.
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Leotti, L.A. & Delgado, M.R. (2011) The inherent reward of choice. Psychological Science, 22:1310-1318.
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Niznikiewicz, M. & Delgado, M.R. (2011) Two sides of the same coin: Learning via positive and negative reinforcers in the human striatum. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 1(4):494-505.
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Wu, S., Delgado, M.R., Maloney, L.T. (2011) The neural correlates of subjective utility of monetary outcome and probability weight in economic and motor decision under risk. Journal of Neuroscience, 31:8822-8831.
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Nadler, N., Delgado, M.R., Delameter, A. (2011) Pavlovian to instrumental transfer of control in a human learning task. Emotion, 11 (5):1112-1123.
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Dickerson, K.C., Li, J., Delgado, M.R. (2011) Parallel contributions of distinct human memory systems during probabilistic learning.  NeuroImage. 55(1):266-76.
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Li, J., Delgado, M.R., Phelps, E.A. (2011) How instructed knowledge modulates the neural systems of reward learning. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. 108(1):55-60.
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Delgado, M.R. & Tricomi. E. (2011).  Reward processing and decision-making in the human striatum. In Vartanian, O. & Mandel, D., Eds. The Neuroscience of Decision-Making.  Pp. 145-172.  Psychology Press.
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Porcelli, A.J. & Delgado, M.R. (2009).  Neural systems of reward processing in humans.  In Dreher, J.C. and Tremblay L., Eds. Handbook of Reward and Decision Making.  Pp. 165-184, Oxford: Academic Press.
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Delgado, M.R. (2009). Reward systems: Human. In: Squire, L.R. (ed.) Encyclopedia of Neuroscience, volume 8: Pp. 345-352. Oxford: Academic Press.
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Wu, S., Delgado, M.R., Maloney, L.T. (2009) Economic decision-making compared to an equivalent motor task. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 106(15):6088-93.
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Phelps, E.A. & Delgado, M.R. (2009).  Emotion and Decision-making. In Gazzaniga, M.S., Ed. The Cognitive Neurosciences, 4th edition, Cambridge: MIT Press.
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Knutson, B., Delgado, M.R. Phillips, P. (2008). Representations of subjective value in the striatum. In Glimcher, P, Camerer, C,  Fehr, E, Poldrack, R, Eds. Neuroeconomics, Elsevier.
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Fareri, D.S., Martin, L.N., Delgado, M.R. (2008) Reward-related processing in the human brain: Developmental considerations.  Development & Psychopathology, 20(4): 1191-1211.
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Delgado, M.R., Schotter, A., Ozbay, E., Phelps, E.A. (2008) Understanding overbidding: Using the neural circuitry of reward to design economic auctions. Science, 321(5897): 1849-1852.
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Wilson, S.J., Sayette, M.A., Delgado, M.R., Fiez, J.A. (2008) Effect of smoking opportunity on responses to monetary gain and loss in the caudate nucleus. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 117: 428-34.  
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Balleine, B.W., Delgado, M.R., Hikosaka, O. (2007) The role of dorsal striatum in reward and decision-making. Journal of Neuroscience, 27: 8159-8160.
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Delgado, M.R. (2007) Reward-related responses in the human striatum. Annals of the New York Academy of Science, 1104: 70-88.
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Tricomi, E.M., Delgado, M.R., McCandliss, B.D., McClelland, J.L., Fiez, J.A. (2006) Performance feedback drives caudate activation in a phonological learning task. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 18: 1029-1043.
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Delgado, M.R., Frank, R.H., Phelps, E.A. (2005) Perception of moral character modulate the neural systems of reward during the trust game. Nature Neuroscience, 8 (11): 1611-1618.
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Delgado, M.R., Miller, M.M, Inati, S., Phelps, E.A. (2005) An fMRI study of reward-related probability learning. NeuroImage, 24 (3):862-73.
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Delgado, M.R., Stenger, V.A., Fiez, J.A. (2004) Motivation dependent responses in the human caudate nucleus. Cerebral Cortex,14 (9):1022-30.
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May, J.C., Delgado, M.R., Dahl, R., Fiez, J.A., Stenger, V.A., Ryan, N., Carter, C.S. (2004) Event-related functional magnetic resonance imaging of reward related brain circuitry in children and adolescents. Biological Psychiatry, 55 (4): 359-366.
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Tricomi, E.M., Delgado, M.R., Fiez, J.A. (2004) Modulation of caudate activity by action contingency. Neuron, 41 (2): 281-92.
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Delgado, M.R., Locke, H.M., Stenger, V.A., Fiez, J.A. (2003) Dorsal striatum responses to reward and punishment: Effects of valence and magnitude manipulations. Cognitive, Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience, 3 (1): 27-38.
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Delgado, M.R., Nystrom, L.E., Fissell, K., Noll, D.C., Fiez, J.A. (2000) Tracking the hemodynamic responses to reward and punishment in the striatum. Journal of Neurophysiology, 84 (6): 3072-3077.
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