Overlapping Neural Systems Represent Cognitive Effort and Reward Anticipation

Anticipating a potential benefit and how difficult it will be to obtain it are valuable skills in a constantly changing environment. In the human brain, the anticipation of reward is encoded by the Anterior Cingulate Cortex (ACC) and Striatum. Naturally, potential rewards have an incentive quality,...

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Published in:	PloS one Vol. 9; no. 3; p. e91008
Main Authors:	Vassena, Eliana, Silvetti, Massimo, Boehler, Carsten N., Achten, Eric, Fias, Wim, Verguts, Tom
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Public Library of Science 07.03.2014 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:	Adolescent Anticipation, Psychological - physiology Biology Brain Brain Mapping Coding Cognition - physiology Cognitive ability Cognitive tasks Corpus Striatum - anatomy & histology Corpus Striatum - physiology Cortex (cingulate) Cortex (temporal) Environmental changes Female Functional magnetic resonance imaging Gyrus Cinguli - anatomy & histology Gyrus Cinguli - physiology Humans Magnetic Resonance Imaging Male Mathematics Medicine Mental task performance Motivation Motivation - physiology Neostriatum Reaction Time Reinforcement Reward Social and Behavioral Sciences Task Performance and Analysis Temporal lobe Young Adult
ISSN:	1932-6203, 1932-6203
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