White-matter tract connecting anterior insula to nucleus accumbens predicts greater future motivation in adolescents
The motivation to approach or avoid incentives can change during adolescence. Advances in neuroimaging allow researchers to characterize specific brain circuits that underlie these developmental changes. Whereas activity in the nucleus accumbens (NAcc) can predict approach toward incentive gain, act...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2021-02-01
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| Series: | Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878929320301316 |