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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Addict Behav. 2018 Jul 2;32(5):497–507. doi: 10.1037/adb0000380

Table 2.

Summarized findings of neuroimaging studies examining the link between cannabis use and reward sensitivity.

Study Task Direction of Finding for Cannabis Users
Van Hell et al. (2010) Monetary Incentive Delay (MID) Decreased activation during reward anticipation
Nestor, Hester, and Garavan (2010) MID Greater activation during reward anticipation
Cousijn et al. (2013) Cue-reactivity Increased activation in response to drug cues
Filbey, Dunlop, & Myers (2013) MID Greater activation during reward anticipation
Jager, Block, Luijten, & Ramsey (2013) MID Greater activation during reward anticipation
Wetherill et al. (2014) Cue-reactivity Increased activation in response to appetitive cues
Karoly et al. (2015) MID No effect of cannabis
Enzi et al. (2015) MID No difference during reward anticipation; activation pattern did not differentiate between reward and punishment trials
Filbey et al. (2016) Cue-reactivity Increased activation in response to drug cues; no differences in response to nondrug rewards
Martz et al. (2016) MID Decreased activation during reward anticipation