Cognitive control, emotional value, and the lateral prefrontal cortex

Frontiers in Psychology

Matthew L. Dixon¹ 

关键词: cognitive control;    value;    prefrontal cortex;    motivation;    self-control;    emotion;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00758

学科分类：心理学（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

A number of studies have shown that individuals are naturally disinclined to engage cognitive control (McGuire and Botvinick, 2010; Dixon and Christoff, 2012; Botvinick and Braver, 2015). For example, when given the choice between two tasks, individuals will reliably choose the easier task (McGuire and Botvinick, 2010). It requires considerable effort to intentionally direct action, and this may often be experienced as aversive. This has led to the idea that cognitive control carries an intrinsic effort cost (Botvinick and Braver, 2015). Accordingly, individuals may only engage cognitive control if they think that it will produce an emotionally valuable outcome that outweighs this effort cost.

【 授权许可】

CC BY