Life's rewards

Richard J Beninger was born in Walkerton ON in 1950. He studied psychology at Western University, London ON and McGill University, Montreal QC. After completing his PhD in 1977, he continued his studies at the University of British Columbia until moving in 1980 to Queen's University, Kingston ON where he retired as Joint Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry in 2015. During his career, Rick's research focused on neurotransmitters and behaviour in general and dopamine and behaviour in particular. Along with his many students, Rick published regularly in peer-reviewed journals, building over the years an integrated understanding of the behavioural function of dopamine and the associated brain mechanisms of reward-related incentive learning.

• 1: Introduction 2: Dopamine and reward-related learning 3: Dopamine and the elements of incentive learning 4: Multiple memory systems 5: Dopamine as the dependent variable 6: Dopamine and inverse incentive learning 7: Dopamine receptor subtypes and incentive learning 8: Dopamine and social cooperation 9: Schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder 10: Drug abuse and incentive learning 11: Neuroanatomy and dopamine systems 12: Mechanisms of dopamine-mediated incentive learning 13: Dopamine and mental experience References and Notes