Motivation and cognitive control: From behavior to neural mechanism

Annual Review of Psychology

Volumn 66, Issue , 2015, Pages 83-113

  Botvinick, Matthew ^a   Braver, Todd ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive control; Effort; Motivation; Prefrontal cortex; Reward

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; DECISION MAKING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REWARD;

CEREBRUM; DECISION MAKING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REWARD;

EID: 84964211532     PISSN: 00664308     EISSN: 15452085     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-psych-010814-015044     Document Type: Article

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