reward system

noun

A group of neural structures responsible for incentive salience, associative learning, and positively-valenced emotions, particularly ones involving pleasure as a core component (e.g., joy, euphoria and ecstasy).

Similar
mesocorticolimbic circuit
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Meanings

nounreward system (plural reward systems)

plural reward systems

  1. anatomyA group of neural structures responsible for incentive salience, associative learning, and positively-valenced emotions, particularly ones involving pleasure as a core component (e.g., joy, euphoria and ecstasy).

    Synonyms: mesocorticolimbic circuit

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA group of neural structures responsible for incentive salience, associative learning, and positively-valenced emotions, particularly ones involving pleasure as a core component (e.g., joy, euphoria and ecstasy).

Similar
mesocorticolimbic circuit
Also see
mesocorticolimbic circuit

Translations

Finnish palkitsemisjärjestelmä
  • palkitsemisjärjestelmäneuroanatomical system
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