Mechanisms of motivation-cognition interaction: challenges and opportunities

Braver, T. S., Krug, M. K., Chiew, K. S., Kool, W., Westbrook, A., Clement, N. J., Adcock, A., Barch, D., M., Botvinick, M. M., Carver, C. S., Cools, R., Custers, R., Dickinson, A. R., Dweck, C. S., Fishbach, A., Gollwitzer, P. M., Hess, T. M., Isaacowitz, D. M., Mather, M., Murayama, K., Pessoa, L., Samanez-Larkin, G. R. and Somerville, L. H. (2014) Mechanisms of motivation-cognition interaction: challenges and opportunities. Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience, 14 (2). pp. 443-472. ISSN 1530-7026 doi: 10.3758/s13415-014-0300-0

Abstract/Summary

There has been a recent rejuvenation of interest in studies of motivation-cognition interactions arising from many different areas of psychology and neuroscience. The current issue of Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience provides a sampling of some of the latest research from a number of these different areas. In this introductory paper, we provide an overview of the current state of the field, in terms of key research developments and candidate neural mechanisms receiving focused investigation as potential sources of motivation-cognition interaction. However, our primary goal is conceptual: to highlight the distinct perspectives taken by different research areas in terms of how motivation is defined, the relevant dimensions and dissociations that are emphasized, and the theoretical questions being targeted. Together, these distinctions present both challenges and opportunities for efforts aiming towards a more unified and cross-disciplinary approach. We identify a set of pressing research questions calling out for this sort of cross-disciplinary approach, with the explicit goal of encouraging integrative and collaborative investigations directed towards them.

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Identification Number/DOI	10.3758/s13415-014-0300-0
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Divisions	Central Services Life Sciences > School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences > Department of Psychology
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