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A general circuitry processing reward/aversion information and its implications for neuropsychiatric illness. Breiter, H., & Gasic, G. P. (2004). In M. Gazzaniga (Ed.), The Cognitive Neurosciences, III (3rd ed., pp. 1043-1065). Cambridge: MIT Press.

Amphetamine primes motivation to gamble and gambling-related semantic networks in problem gamblers. Zack, M., & Poulos, C.X. (2004). Neuropsychopharmacology, 29, 195-207.

An fMRI Stroop study of ventromedial prefrontal cortical function in pathological gamblers. Potenza, M.N., Leung, H.C., Blumberg, H.P., Peterson, B.S., Fulbright, R.K., Lacadie, (2003). American Journal of Psychiatry, 160, 1990-1994.

An fMRI study of gambling urges in pathological gamblers. Potenza, M.N., Steinberg, M.A., Skudlarski, P., Fulbright, R.K., Lacadie, C.M., Wilber, M.K., et al. (2003). Archives of General Psychiatry, 60(8), 828-836.

Beautiful faces have variable reward value: fMRI and behavioral evidence. Aharon, I., Etcoff, N., Ariely, D., Chabris, C. F., O'Connor, E., & Breiter, H. C. (2001). Neuron, 32, 537-551.

Behavioral and neural predictors of upcoming decisions. Cohen, M.X., & Ranganath, C. (2005). Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience, 5(2), 117-26.

Decreased absolute amygdala volume in cocaine addicts. Makris, N., Gasic, G.P., Seidman, L.J., Goldstein, J.M., Gastfriend, D.R., Elman, I., et al. (2004). Neuron, 4(4), 729-40.

Doubts about double dissociations between short- and long-term memory. Ranganath, C., & Blumenfeld, R.S. (2005). Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 9(8), 374-80.

Functional imaging of neural responses to expectancy and experience of monetary gains and losses. Breiter, H. C., Aharon, I., Kahneman, D., Dale, A., & Shizgal, P. (2001). Neuron, 30, 619-639.

Impulse control disorders. Chambers R. A., & Potenza, M.N., (2003). In M.J. Aminoff & R.B. Daroff (Eds.), Encyclopedia of the Neurological Sciences (Vol. 2). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.

Individual differences in extraversion and dopamine genetics predict neural reward responses. Cohen, M.X., Young, J., Baek, J.M., Kessler, C., & Ranganath C. (2005). Cognitive Brain Research, 25(3), 851-61.

Neuroimaging studies of pathological gambling and substance dependence. Potenza, M.N., & Wilber, M.K. (2001). Psychiatric Times, 18(10): 58-64.

Pathological gambling and impulse control disorders. Potenza, M.N., & Hollander, E. (2002). In C. Nemeroff, J. Coyle, D. Charney, & K. Davis (Eds.), Neuropsychopharmacology: The 5th Generation of Progress. Baltimore, MD: Lippincott, Williams and Wilkens.

Prefrontal cortex activity is reduced in gambling and nongambling substance users during decision-making. Tanabe, J., Thompson, L. Claus, E., Dalwani, M., Hutchison, K., & Banich, M.T. (2007). Human Brain Mapping.

The neurobiology of pathological gambling. Potenza, M.N. (2001). Seminars in Clinical Neuropsychiatry, 6, 217-226.

The neurobiology of pathological gambling: Translating research findings into clinical advances. Potenza, M.N., & Winters, K.C. (2003). Journal of Gambling Studies, 19, 7-10.

Working memory for visual objects: Complementary roles of inferior temporal, medial temporal, and prefrontal cortex. Ranganath C. (2006). Neuroscience, 139(1), 277-89.

Working memory maintenance contributes to long-term memory formation: neural and behavioral evidence. Ranganath, C., Cohen, M.X., & Brozinsky, C.J. (2005). Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 17(7), 994-1010.