TY - JOUR
T1 - Mechanisms of motivation-cognition interaction
T2 - Challenges and opportunities
AU - Braver, Todd S.
AU - Krug, Marie K.
AU - Chiew, Kimberly S.
AU - Kool, Wouter
AU - Andrew Westbrook, J.
AU - Clement, Nathan J.
AU - Alison Adcock, R.
AU - Barch, Deanna M.
AU - Botvinick, Matthew M.
AU - Carver, Charles S.
AU - Cools, Roshan
AU - Custers, Ruud
AU - Dickinson, Anthony
AU - Dweck, Carol S.
AU - Fishbach, Ayelet
AU - Gollwitzer, Peter M.
AU - Hess, Thomas M.
AU - Isaacowitz, Derek M.
AU - Mather, Mara
AU - Murayama, Kou
AU - Pessoa, Luiz
AU - Samanez-Larkin, Gregory R.
AU - Somerville, Leah H.
N1 - Funding Information:
The construct of motivation has been a central part of psychology since the earliest days of James and Wundt. It is a construct that spans many levels of analysis, complexity, and scope, from cellular and systems neuroscience, to individual differences and social psychology (plus applied domains such as educational and industrial/organizational psychology, and clinical psychology and psychiatry). Recently, interest in scientific studies of motivation has been rejuvenated, arising from three distinct scientific perspectives and research traditions: (a) cognitive, systems, and computational neuroscience; (b) social, affective, and personality psychology; and (c) aging, developmental, and lifespan research. This special issue of Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience is the direct result of a recent effort to integrate and cross-fertilize these three research streams through a small-group conference sponsored by the National Institute of Aging (with additional support from the Scientific Research Network on Decision Neuroscience and Aging): Mechanisms of Motivation, Cognition, and Aging Interactions (MOMCAI). This special issue provides a sampling of the latest research that originates from these different traditions, with a number of the contributions coming from the conference participants.
PY - 2014/6
Y1 - 2014/6
N2 - Recent years have seen a rejuvenation of interest in studies of motivation-cognition interactions arising from many different areas of psychology and neuroscience. The present issue of Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience provides a sampling of some of the latest research from a number of these different areas. In this introductory article, 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 toward a more unified and cross-disciplinary approach. We identify a set of pressing research questions calling for this sort of cross-disciplinary approach, with the explicit goal of encouraging integrative and collaborative investigations directed toward them.
AB - Recent years have seen a rejuvenation of interest in studies of motivation-cognition interactions arising from many different areas of psychology and neuroscience. The present issue of Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience provides a sampling of some of the latest research from a number of these different areas. In this introductory article, 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 toward a more unified and cross-disciplinary approach. We identify a set of pressing research questions calling for this sort of cross-disciplinary approach, with the explicit goal of encouraging integrative and collaborative investigations directed toward them.
KW - Aging
KW - Cognitive control
KW - Development
KW - Dopamine
KW - Reward
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U2 - 10.3758/s13415-014-0300-0
DO - 10.3758/s13415-014-0300-0
M3 - Review article
C2 - 24920442
AN - SCOPUS:84904396132
SN - 1530-7026
VL - 14
SP - 443
EP - 472
JO - Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience
JF - Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience
IS - 2
ER -