How can reward contribute to efficient self-control? Reinforcement of task-defined responses diminishes ego-depletion

Motivation and Emotion

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 726-732

  Goto, Takayuki ^a   Kusumi, Takashi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cognitive control; Ego depletion; Isometric handgrip; Reinforcement learning; Stroop task

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888002914     PISSN: 01467239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11031-013-9356-3     Document Type: Article

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