The involvement of the posterior parietal cortex in promotion and prevention focus

Motivation plays a critical role in human cognitive function, while acting as a driving force for the necessary behavior to achieve a desired goal and success (i.e., achievement motivation). Based on the theoretical background of achievement motivation, this study designed an incentive delay task wi...

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Published in:Current psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.) Vol. 42; no. 30; pp. 26115 - 26124
Main Authors: Han, Hyun Jung, Lee, Sangil, Jung, Wi Hoon
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: New York Springer US 01.10.2023
Springer
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:
Behavioral Science and Psychology
Clustering
Motivation
Motivation (Psychology)
Parietal lobes
Prevention
Psychological aspects
Psychological research
Psychology
Social Sciences
United States
Medial prefrontal cortex
Achievement motivation
Unsupervised clustering algorithm
Posterior parietal cortex
Posterior cingulate cortex
ISSN:1046-1310, 1936-4733
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Summary:Motivation plays a critical role in human cognitive function, while acting as a driving force for the necessary behavior to achieve a desired goal and success (i.e., achievement motivation). Based on the theoretical background of achievement motivation, this study designed an incentive delay task with four motivational orientations (i.e., promotion, prevention, mastery/self, and performance/other). To investigate whether people would have their behavioral patterns toward achievement motivation orientation, we applied an unsupervised clustering algorithm to classify individuals’ behavioral responses acquired from the task by categorizing certain behavioral similarities. As a result, this hierarchical clustering approach classified subjects into two distinctive subgroups: Group#1 (i.e., the pro/pre group, n = 52) and Group#2 (i.e., the self/other group, n = 48). Based on clustering, Group#1 showed significantly better performance with promotion/prevention orientations, whereas Group#2 exhibited significantly higher performance with self/other orientations. Structural brain analyses discovered increased gray matter volume and sulcal depth in the posterior parietal cortex (PPC) in the pro/pre group compared to the self/other group. With resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging data, we found higher local brain fluctuations in the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) in the self/other group compared to the pro/pre group. Furthermore, mPFC seed-based functional connectivity showed significantly increased functional coupling with the posterior cingulate cortex in the self/other group relative to the pro/pre group. Taken together, these results shed light on structural and functional neural mechanisms related to achievement motivation and, furthermore, provide novel insights regarding PPC’s role in motivational processing toward promotion- and prevention-focused orientation.
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ISSN:1046-1310
1936-4733
DOI:10.1007/s12144-022-03731-6