Toward a Translational Model of Sex-Associated Pavlovian Phenotypes.

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A recent study by Hakus et al. (2025) demonstrated sex-associated differences in Pavlovian phenotypes in rodents, with females more likely to exhibit sign-tracking behaviour and males more likely to exhibit goal-tracking behaviour. In the present work, we provide evidence that similar patterns emerge in humans. Using a validated eye-tracking procedure in a Pavlovian learning paradigm, we show that women are more...

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