Chunk #14 — Materials and Methods — Response of Neural Reward Circuitry — Paradigm

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Prefrontal response and frontostriatal functional connectivity to monetary reward in abstinent alcohol-dependent young adults.

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Participants were unaware of fixed outcome probabilities, and their engagement and motivation were maintained by verbal encouragement between runs. Participants practiced the task before the scan and did not exhibit a change in reaction time across task runs during the scan. The alcohol group and comparison group did not differ in mean reaction time during the task.