Aversive motivation and cognitive control

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Aversive motivation plays a prominent role in driving individuals to exert cognitive control. However, the complexity of behavioral responses attributed to aversive incentives creates significant challenges for developing a clear understanding of the neural mechanisms of this motivation-control interaction. We review the animal learning, systems neuroscience, and computational literatures to highlight the importance of experimental paradigms that incorporate both motivational context manipulations and mixed motivational components (e.g., bundling of appetitive and aversive incentives). Specifically, we postulate that to understand aversive incentive effects on cognitive control allocation, a critical contextual factor is whether such incentives are associated with negative reinforcement or punishment. We further illustrate how the inclusion of mixed motivational components in experimental paradigms enables increased precision in the measurement of aversive influences on cognitive control. A sharpened experimental and theoretical focus regarding the manipulation and assessment of distinct motivational dimensions promises to advance understanding of the neural, monoaminergic, and computational mechanisms that underlie the interaction of motivation and cognitive control.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:133

Enthalten in:

Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews - 133(2022) vom: 14. Feb., Seite 104493

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Yee, Debbie M [VerfasserIn]
Leng, Xiamin [VerfasserIn]
Shenhav, Amitai [VerfasserIn]
Braver, Todd S [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Aversive motivation
Cognitive control
Habenula
Journal Article
Mixed motivation
Negative reinforcement
Punishment
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Review
Serotonin

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Date Completed 02.03.2022

Date Revised 02.11.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.neubiorev.2021.12.016

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM334471893