Introduction to Motivational Neuroscience
Recent Developments in Neuroscience Research on Human Motivation
ISBN: 978-1-78635-474-7, eISBN: 978-1-78635-473-0
Publication date: 21 November 2016
Abstract
The rapid progress of neuroscience and the interdisciplinary collaboration between neuroscience and psychology have begun to provide valuable insights for understanding the dynamic and implicit nature of human motivation by identifying the in vivo neural mechanism of motivation. One of the fundamental questions in the field of the neuroscience of motivation is what neural mechanisms underlie the direction, intensity, and guidance of our motivation and subsequent actions. This prologue explains how neuroscience can contribute to the understanding of human motivation. To accomplish this purpose, we present what neuroscientific data look like, identify 13 key motivation-relevant brain structures, and introduce 3 key motivation-centric brain circuits – namely, the reward circuit, the value-based decision-making pathway, and the self-regulation/self-control network.
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Acknowledgment
This research was supported by a grant awarded to the first author by the College of Education of Korea University in 2015.
Citation
Kim, S.-i., Reeve, J. and Bong, M. (2016), "Introduction to Motivational Neuroscience", Recent Developments in Neuroscience Research on Human Motivation (Advances in Motivation and Achievement, Vol. 19), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0749-742320160000019022
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