Reward associations reduce behavioral interference by changing the temporal dynamics of conflict processing.

Associating stimuli with the prospect of reward typically facilitates responses to those stimuli due to an enhancement of attentional and cognitive-control processes. Such reward-induced facilitation might be especially helpful when cognitive-control mechanisms are challenged, as when one must overc...

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Main Authors: Ruth M Krebs, Carsten N Boehler, Lawrence G Appelbaum, Marty G Woldorff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3542315?pdf=render