Self-determined, but not non-self-determined, motivation predicts activations in the anterior insular cortex: An fMRI study of personal agency

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 538-545

  Lee, Woogul ^a   Reeve, Johnmarshall ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Agency; Anterior insular cortex; Fmri; Intrinsic motivation; Self determined motivation

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; AGENCY; ANTERIOR INSULAR CORTEX; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTRINSIC MOTIVATION; MALE; MOTIVATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF-DETERMINED MOTIVATION; VASCULARIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

AGENCY; ANTERIOR INSULAR CORTEX; FMRI; INTRINSIC MOTIVATION; SELF-DETERMINED MOTIVATION;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTIVATION; OXYGEN; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VOLITION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879527732     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nss029     Document Type: Article

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