TY - JOUR
T1 - Interactions of motivation and cognitive control
AU - Yee, Debbie M.
AU - Braver, Todd S.
N1 - Funding Information:
DMY was supported by funding from the National Institute on Drug Abuse ( F31-DA042574 ). TSB was supported by the National Institute of Mental Health and National Institute on Aging ( R21-MH105800 ; R37-MH066078 ; R21-AG058206-01 ). Additionally, the authors gratefully acknowledge the members of the CCP lab for helpful productive discussion and assistance in the investigation of these topics.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2018/2
Y1 - 2018/2
N2 - There is general agreement that both motivation and cognitive control play critical roles in shaping goal-directed behavior, but only recently has scientific interest focused around the question of motivation–control interactions. Here we briefly survey this literature, organizing contemporary findings around three issues: (1) whether motivation preferentially impacts cognitive control processes, (2) the neural mechanisms that underlie motivation–cognition interactions, and (3) why motivation might be relevant for overcoming the costs of control. Dopamine (DA) is discussed as a key neuromodulator in these motivation–cognition interactions. We conclude by highlighting open issues, specifically Pavlovian versus instrumental control distinctions and effects of motivational valence and conflict, which could benefit from future research attention.
AB - There is general agreement that both motivation and cognitive control play critical roles in shaping goal-directed behavior, but only recently has scientific interest focused around the question of motivation–control interactions. Here we briefly survey this literature, organizing contemporary findings around three issues: (1) whether motivation preferentially impacts cognitive control processes, (2) the neural mechanisms that underlie motivation–cognition interactions, and (3) why motivation might be relevant for overcoming the costs of control. Dopamine (DA) is discussed as a key neuromodulator in these motivation–cognition interactions. We conclude by highlighting open issues, specifically Pavlovian versus instrumental control distinctions and effects of motivational valence and conflict, which could benefit from future research attention.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.cobeha.2017.11.009
DO - 10.1016/j.cobeha.2017.11.009
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85034863840
SN - 2352-1546
VL - 19
SP - 83
EP - 90
JO - Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences
JF - Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences
ER -