Challenges and opportunities in animal models of gambling-like behavior. (February 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Vonder Haar, Cole
• Is Part Of: Current opinion in behavioral sciences. Volume 31(2020)
• Page Start: 42
• Page End: 47
• Publication Date: 2020-02
• Subjects: Psychology -- Periodicals; 150.5
• DOI: 10.1016/j.cobeha.2019.10.013
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2352-1546

Abstract

Highlights: Animal models are robust for investigating risk-based decision-making. Environmental factors are key to the development of decision-making patterns. Risk-based decision making can be used to investigate comorbid disorders. Abstract : In the past several years, there has been an explosion of interest in animal models of risk-based decision-making, a fundamental process associated with gambling disorder. While early work focused on establishing various tasks for assaying decision-making, current studies are determining the (subtle and not-so-subtle) influence of cues in driving risky decisions to better understand problem gambling. In addition, these decision-making paradigms are now being used to investigate comorbid conditions such as substance dependence or brain injury and replicating observations from human patients. These animal models have now developed to a point where therapeutic interventions may be assessed for not just gambling disorder, but also a number of other conditions which engender risky decision-making.