@article{ref1,
title="Reward-related processing in the human brain: Developmental considerations",
journal="Development and psychopathology",
year="2008",
author="Fareri, Dominic S. and Martin, Laura N. and Delgado, Mauricio R.",
volume="20",
number="4",
pages="1191-1211",
abstract="The pursuit of rewarding experiences motivates everyday human behavior, and can prove beneficial when pleasurable, positive consequences result (e.g., satisfying hunger, earning a paycheck). However, reward seeking may also be maladaptive and lead to risky decisions with potentially negative long-term consequences (e.g., unprotected sex, drug use). Such risky decision making is often observed during adolescence, a time in which important structural and functional refinements occur in the brain's reward circuitry. Although much of the brain develops before adolescence, critical centers for goal-directed behavior, such as frontal corticobasal ganglia networks, continue to mature. These ongoing changes may underlie the increases in risk-taking behavior often observed during adolescence. Further, typical development of these circuits is vital to our ability to make well-informed decisions; atypical development of the human reward circuitry can have severe implications, as is the case in certain clinical and developmental conditions (e.g., attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder). This review focuses on current research probing the neural correlates of reward-related processing across human development supporting the current research hypothesis that immature or atypical corticostriatal circuitry may underlie maladaptive behaviors observed in adolescence.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0954-5794",
doi="10.1017/S0954579408000576",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0954579408000576"
}