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9781848726451 1848726457 Individuals do not always perform to their full capability on cognitive tasks. When this occurs, the usual explanation is that the individual was not properly motivated. But this begs the important question: How and why does motivation interact with and influence cognitive processing and the control processes that regulate it? What are the underlying mechanisms that govern such interactions? Motivation has been an important component of psychology and neuroscience throughout the history of the field, but has recently been rejuvenated by rapidly accelerating research interest in the nature of motivation-cognition interactions, particularly as they impact control processes and goal-directed behavior. This volume provides an up-to-date snapshot of the state of research in this exciting, expanding area. The contributors to the volume are internationally-renowned researchers that lead the field in conducting groundbreaking studies. Moreover, they represent a variety of research perspectives and traditions: cognitive psychology and neuroscience, animal learning, social, affective, and personality psychology, and development, lifespan, and aging studies. This book summarizes our current state of understanding of the relationship between motivation and cognitive control, and serves as an essential reference for both students and researchers., Recent research has focused on interactions between motivation and goal-directed behavior based on new research from many disciplines, including social, affective, and personality psychology, as well as cognitive, systems, and computational neuroscience. Cognitive and neuroscience oriented research has revealed exciting findings of motivational influences on brain activity and behavior within a number of domains, including episodic memory, working memory, attention, and executive control. In parallel, work conducted from a socioemotional or economic perspective has suggested that motivation-related constructs are integral to understanding the selection and pursuit of behavioral goals, including the nature of individual differences, unconscious influences, the role of beliefs and self-concepts and biases in decision-making. This volume if the first to synthesize and integrate the various research perspectives and provides essential reading for students and researchers on the cutting-edge of this new and highly exciting research interface.
9781848726451 1848726457 Individuals do not always perform to their full capability on cognitive tasks. When this occurs, the usual explanation is that the individual was not properly motivated. But this begs the important question: How and why does motivation interact with and influence cognitive processing and the control processes that regulate it? What are the underlying mechanisms that govern such interactions? Motivation has been an important component of psychology and neuroscience throughout the history of the field, but has recently been rejuvenated by rapidly accelerating research interest in the nature of motivation-cognition interactions, particularly as they impact control processes and goal-directed behavior. This volume provides an up-to-date snapshot of the state of research in this exciting, expanding area. The contributors to the volume are internationally-renowned researchers that lead the field in conducting groundbreaking studies. Moreover, they represent a variety of research perspectives and traditions: cognitive psychology and neuroscience, animal learning, social, affective, and personality psychology, and development, lifespan, and aging studies. This book summarizes our current state of understanding of the relationship between motivation and cognitive control, and serves as an essential reference for both students and researchers., Recent research has focused on interactions between motivation and goal-directed behavior based on new research from many disciplines, including social, affective, and personality psychology, as well as cognitive, systems, and computational neuroscience. Cognitive and neuroscience oriented research has revealed exciting findings of motivational influences on brain activity and behavior within a number of domains, including episodic memory, working memory, attention, and executive control. In parallel, work conducted from a socioemotional or economic perspective has suggested that motivation-related constructs are integral to understanding the selection and pursuit of behavioral goals, including the nature of individual differences, unconscious influences, the role of beliefs and self-concepts and biases in decision-making. This volume if the first to synthesize and integrate the various research perspectives and provides essential reading for students and researchers on the cutting-edge of this new and highly exciting research interface.