RC O'Reilly - Trends in cognitive sciences, 2020 - cell.com
Motivation plays a central role in human behavior and cognition but is not well captured by widely used artificial intelligence (AI) and computational modeling frameworks. This Opinion …
WB Mendes, J Park - Advances in motivation science, 2014 - Elsevier
Core features of motivational states—approach, avoidance, engagement, and disengagement—may be reliably measured from a variety of neurobiological changes …
Motivation, defined as the energizing of behavior in pursuit of a goal, is a fundamental element of our interaction with the world and with each other. All animals share motivation to …
DM Yee, TS Braver - Current opinion in behavioral sciences, 2018 - Elsevier
Highlights•Motivation may have a preferential impact on proactive cognitive control mechanisms.•Dopamine signals may enhance control by modulating prefrontal task …
Motivational stimuli such as rewards elicit adaptive responses and influence various cognitive functions. Notably, increasing evidence suggests that stimuli with particular …
Fundamental motives have direct implications for evolutionary fitness and orchestrate attention, memory, and social inference in functionally specific ways. Motivational states …
Goals and needs shape individuals' thinking, a phenomenon known as motivated cognition. We highlight research from social psychology and cognitive neuroscience that provides …
This book was conceived many years ago as an abstract goal for a father-son team when the father was working in university administration and the son was just getting into the …
B Studer, S Knecht - Progress in brain research, 2016 - Elsevier
How can an individual be motivated to perform a target exercise or activity? This question arises in training, therapeutic, and education settings alike, yet despite—or even because of …