Identifying the neural substrates of intrinsic motivation during task performance

Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 939-953

  Lee, Woogul ^a   Reeve, Johnmarshall ^b  

^a Korea National University of Education   (South Korea)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anterior insular cortex (AIC); Functional connectivity; Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI); Intrinsic motivation; Striatum

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; CORPUS STRIATUM; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REWARD; SATISFACTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CORPUS STRIATUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; REWARD; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85021070544     PISSN: 15307026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13415-017-0524-x     Document Type: Article

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