Identifying the neural substrates of intrinsic motivation during task performance.
Intrinsic motivation is the inherent tendency to seek out novelty and challenge, to explore and investigate, and to stretch and extend one's capacities. When people imagine performing intrinsically motivating tasks, they show heightened anterior insular cortex (AIC) activity. To fully explain the ne...
| Published in: | Cognitive, Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience Vol. 17; no. 5; pp. 939 - 954 |
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| Format: | Journal Article |
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Springer Nature
Oct2017
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| Online Access: | View this record in EBSCOhost |