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Motivated control processes help us optimize our behaviour to deal with competing task demands: seeking rewards while minimizing the associated effort. A new study in Nature Human Behaviour argues that… Click to show full abstract
Motivated control processes help us optimize our behaviour to deal with competing task demands: seeking rewards while minimizing the associated effort. A new study in Nature Human Behaviour argues that the dorsal anterior cingulate cortex, a key contributor to motivated control, tracks a computational quantity akin to surprise that is generated when events differ from our expectations.
Keywords:
neuroeconomics cognitive;
neuroeconomics;
control bridge;
motivated control;
bridge neuroeconomics
Journal Title: Nature Human Behaviour
Year Published: 2020
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Journal Title: Nature Human Behaviour
Year Published: 2020
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