Remembering pleasure and personal meaning from episodes of intrinsic motivation : An fMRI study
Journal article
Lee, Woogul and Reeve, Johnmarshall. (2020). Remembering pleasure and personal meaning from episodes of intrinsic motivation : An fMRI study. Motivation and Emotion. 44(6), pp. 810-818. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11031-020-09855-1
Authors | Lee, Woogul and Reeve, Johnmarshall |
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Abstract | To decide whether or not to participate in an upcoming activity, people can use their memories of intrinsically-motivating or non-intrinsically-motivating experiences during previous participations. To understand the underlying neural mechanism of intrinsic motivation memories, we used a block-design functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) experiment to compare the neural activations during intrinsically-motivating memories versus during non-intrinsically-motivating memories. Results showed that both the ventromedial prefrontal cortex (VMPFC) and anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) were more activated during the recall of intrinsically-motivating memories rather than during the recall of non-intrinsically-motivating memories. Greater negative functional interactions between the VMPFC and ACC were also observed in the intrinsically-motivating situations. These findings suggest that the two complementary neural processes are employed to reconstruct intrinsically-motivating experiences: pleasure (reward related to VMPFC activity) and personal meaning (self-endorsement related to ACC activity). |
Keywords | anterior cingulate cortex (ACC); functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI); intrinsic motivation; selfdetermination theory (SDT); ventromedial prefrontal cortex (VMPFC) |
Year | 2020 |
Journal | Motivation and Emotion |
Journal citation | 44 (6), pp. 810-818 |
Publisher | Springer |
ISSN | 0146-7239 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1007/s11031-020-09855-1 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-85092598971 |
Research or scholarly | Research |
Page range | 810-818 |
Publisher's version | License All rights reserved File Access Level Controlled |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 16 Oct 2020 |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 14 Jul 2021 |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/8w5w8/remembering-pleasure-and-personal-meaning-from-episodes-of-intrinsic-motivation-an-fmri-study
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