The neuroscience of motivated cognition

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Feb 2015 English Publisher:Elsevier BVJournal:Trends in Cognitive Sciences, volume 19, pages 62-64 (issn: 1364-6613,

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Authors: Brent L, Hughes; Jamil, Zaki;

doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2014.12.006

pmid: 25640642

The neuroscience of motivated cognition

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Abstract

Goals and needs shape individuals' thinking, a phenomenon known as motivated cognition. We highlight research from social psychology and cognitive neuroscience that provides insight into the structure of motivated cognition. In addition to demonstrating its ubiquity, we suggest that motivated cognition is often effortless and pervades information processing.

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Stanford University
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Motivation, Cognition, Decision Making, Brain, Humans, Attention, Perception

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