Extraversion and Reward Processing

Reward processes have played an increasingly visible role in theories of extraverted personality. Reward processing is usually conceptualized in terms of the brain system responsible for generating incentive motivation and behavioral approach of rewarding stimuli, as in theories by Jeffrey Gray and...

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Published inCurrent directions in psychological science : a journal of the American Psychological Society Vol. 22; no. 3; pp. 167 - 172
Main Author Smillie, Luke D.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.06.2013
Sage Publications
SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
Subjects
Biological and medical sciences
Brain
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Knowledge
Motivation
Neurosciences
Personality
Personality traits
Personality. Affectivity
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
liking
extraversion
wanting
reward processing
dopamine
Human
Dopamine
Cognition
Personality
Review
Catecholamine
Extraversion introversion
Motivation
Information processing
Neurotransmitter
Reward
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Summary:Reward processes have played an increasingly visible role in theories of extraverted personality. Reward processing is usually conceptualized in terms of the brain system responsible for generating incentive motivation and behavioral approach of rewarding stimuli, as in theories by Jeffrey Gray and Richard Depue. Recent increases in the accessibility of neuroscience methods have accelerated our understanding of the relationship between extraversion and neural processing of rewards. An issue that has remained somewhat neglected by this literature concerns the distinctions that have been made between reward desire and reward enjoyment. Higher-level abstractions of reward processing—identifiable in cognitive, social, and narrative approaches—have also received relatively little attention. These promising directions for future research may help further expand knowledge in this area of personality science.
ISSN:0963-7214
1467-8721
DOI:10.1177/0963721412470133