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: Introduction2: Dopamine and reward-related learning3: Dopamine and the elements of incentive learning4: Multiple memory systems5: Dopamine as the dependent variable6: Dopamine and inverse incentive learning7: Dopamine receptor subtypes and incentive learning8: Dopamine and social cooperation9: Schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder10: Drug abuse and incentive learning11: Neuroanatomy and dopamine systems12: Mechanisms of dopamine-mediated incentive learning13: Dopamine and mental experienceReferences and Notes