Does general motivation energize financial reward-seeking behavior? Evidence from an effort task.

We aimed to predict how hard subjects work for financial rewards from their general trait and state reward-motivation. We specifically asked 1) whether individuals high in general trait "reward responsiveness" work harder 2) whether task-irrelevant cues can make people work harder, by incr...

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Main Authors: Justin Chumbley, Ernst Fehr
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4178010?pdf=render