Dopamine promotes instrumental motivation, but reduces reward-related vigour
We can be motivated when reward depends on performance, or merely by the prospect of a guaranteed reward. Performance-dependent (contingent) reward is instrumental, relying on an internal action-outcome model, whereas motivation by guaranteed reward may minimise opportunity cost in reward-rich envir...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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eLife Sciences Publications
2020
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