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"Liking and Wanting in the Brain," Spence Lecture by Kent Berridge, PhD
Feb 22, 2019
12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
Carver Biomedical Research Building, 1289
285 Newton Road, Iowa City, IA 52246
Kent Berridge, PhD, Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Michigan
The Spence Lecture Series is sponsored by the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences in honor of the late Professor Kenneth W. Spence, chair of the department from 1942-1964.
Abstract: Liking and wanting usually go together for pleasant rewards, but turn out to have separable brain mechanisms. ‘Liking’ is generated by a surprisingly frail and tiny network of hedonic hotspots in brain limbic structures, whereas ‘wanting' for pleasures has a much more robust and larger brain network involving dopamine systems. The distinction between liking and wanting systems has implications for understanding mood disorders in several clinical conditions, including addictions, depression and schizophrenia.
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