Trait motivation moderates neural activation associated with goal pursuit

Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 308-322

  Spielberg, Jeffrey M ^a,b   Miller, Gregory A ^b,c,d   Warren, Stacie L ^b   Engels, Anna S ^b,e   Crocker, Laura D ^b   Sutton, Bradley P ^b   Heller, Wendy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^e PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Approach and avoidance motivation; Basal ganglia; Cognitive control; Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex; Emotion; Goal pursuit

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; EMOTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MOTIVATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VASCULARIZATION;

AROUSAL; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; EMOTIONS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GOALS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYGEN; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863622728     PISSN: 15307026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13415-012-0088-8     Document Type: Article

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