Michael McCloskey

Social Closeness and Reward Sensitivity Enhance Corticostriatal Function during Experiences of Shared Rewards

The paper investigates how social closeness and individual differences in reward sensitivity and substance use affect ventral striatal activation and connectivity during shared reward experiences.

Corticostriatal responses to social reward are linked to trait reward sensitivity and subclinical substance use in young adults

The paper examines how reward sensitivity and subclinical substance use relate to striatal function during social rewards, finding nuanced neural correlates linked to potential risk for substance use disorder.