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The Collective Trust Game: An Online Group Adaptation of the Trust Game Based on the HoneyComb Paradigm
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2022
The Collective Trust Game is a computer-based, multi-agent trust game based on the HoneyComb paradigm, which enables researchers to assess the emergence of collective trust and related constructs, such as fairness, reciprocity, or forward-signaling. The game allows detailed observations of group processes through movement behavior in the game.
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An Introduction to Reward and Addiction
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2023
Consequences play a major role in controlling our behavior. If the consequence is a reward, then it encourages the associated behavior. Rewards can come in many forms such as a pleasant feeling, money, or food. However, sometimes an individual engages in compulsive behavior despite of negative consequences, and this state is known as addiction. Administration of addictive substances is neurochemically rewarding, which ultimately causes a loss of control in limiting the intake. Scientists aim...
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Deep Brain Stimulation as a Treatment for Drug Addiction in a Rat Model
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2025
Source: Batra, V., et al. A General Method for Evaluating Deep Brain Stimulation Effects on Intravenous Methamphetamine Self-Administration. J. Vis. Exp. (2016).This video demonstrates a rat model of drug addiction in which the animal self-administers intravenous methamphetamine by pressing a lever, leading to compulsive drug-seeking behavior driven by dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens. To counteract this, the rat undergoes deep brain stimulation (DBS) via an implanted bipolar...
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Methods to Test Visual Attention Online
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To replicate laboratory settings, online data collection methods for visual tasks require tight control over stimulus presentation. We outline methods for the use of a web application to collect performance data on two tests of visual attention.
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Repeated gaming can be strengthened by several overlapping rewards rather than by one feature alone. Achievement feedback provides a sense of progress, unpredictable in-game rewards encourage continued engagement, social interaction adds connection, and gaming may temporarily relieve stress. Together, these experiences can make gaming routines more persistent and increase the difficulty of stopping when other responsibilities require attention.
When gaming becomes a highly prioritized routine, access may serve important emotional or social functions as well as provide entertainment. Limiting access can therefore produce withdrawal-like distress, particularly when gaming has been used to relieve stress or maintain interaction with others. Behavioral research considers this response alongside impaired control and continued play despite negative consequences.
Stress and social context can shape when and why gaming becomes difficult to regulate. Gaming may offer short-term relief from stress, while online interaction can provide connection and reinforce repeated participation. These functions can maintain the behavior even when it disrupts sleep, relationships, or responsibilities, so behavioral assessment should consider both emotional regulation and the person’s social environment.
Behavioral research focuses on consequences and control, not simply on how often someone plays. Important indicators include gaming receiving increasing priority, difficulty controlling or stopping it, continued play despite harm, and distress when access is limited. This framework helps distinguish a disruptive pattern from gaming that remains compatible with daily responsibilities, relationships, sleep, and overall well-being.
Screening examines whether gaming is associated with impaired control, increasing priority, persistence despite negative consequences, or withdrawal-like distress when access is restricted. It also considers interference with responsibilities, relationships, sleep, and well-being. Reviewing these behavioral and functional domains helps identify patterns that may warrant closer attention without relying on gaming frequency alone.
Interventions can target the routines and functions that maintain excessive gaming rather than focusing only on stopping play. Relevant targets include restructuring gaming routines, strengthening emotional regulation, and addressing social context. Assessment should also consider co-occurring mental health concerns, because these may interact with gaming behavior and influence which prevention or intervention strategies are appropriate.
Behavioral research can connect observable patterns, such as impaired control and continued play despite consequences, with reinforcing experiences including achievement, uncertain rewards, social interaction, and stress relief. This perspective supports screening and prevention while guiding interventions that address behavior, emotions, routines, and context. It also helps researchers examine how gaming affects sleep, relationships, responsibilities, and well-being.