Brain Stimulation Over the Frontopolar Cortex Enhances Motivation to Exert Effort for Reward

Loss of motivation is a characteristic feature of several psychiatric and neurological disorders. However, the neural mechanisms underlying human motivation are far from being understood. Here, we investigate the role that the frontopolar cortex (FPC) plays in motivating cognitive and physical effor...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Biological psychiatry (1969) 2018-07, Vol.84 (1), p.38-45
Hauptverfasser:	Soutschek, Alexander, Kang, Pyungwon, Ruff, Christian C., Hare, Todd A., Tobler, Philippe N.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Cognitive effort Decision making Frontal pole Physical effort Reward tDCS
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