title: Mechanisms of motivation-cognition interaction: challenges and opportunities.
abstract: Recent years have seen a rejuvenation of interest in studies of motivation-cognition interactions arising from many different areas of psychology and neuroscience. The present issue of Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience provides a sampling of some of the latest research from a number of these different areas. In this introductory article, we provide an overview of the current state of the field, in terms of key research developments and candidate neural mechanisms receiving focused investigation as potential sources of motivation-cognition interaction. However, our primary goal is conceptual: to highlight the distinct perspectives taken by different research areas, in terms of how motivation is defined, the relevant dimensions and dissociations that are emphasized, and the theoretical questions being targeted. Together, these distinctions present both challenges and opportunities for efforts aiming toward a more unified and cross-disciplinary approach. We identify a set of pressing research questions calling for this sort of cross-disciplinary approach, with the explicit goal of encouraging integrative and collaborative investigations directed toward them.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Washington University in St. Louis, CB1125, One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO, 63130, USA, tbraver@artsci.wustl.edu.
authors.forename: Todd S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Braver
authors.forename: Marie K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Krug
authors.forename: Kimberly S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Chiew
authors.forename: Wouter
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kool
authors.forename: J Andrew
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Westbrook
authors.forename: Nathan J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Clement
authors.forename: R Alison
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Adcock
authors.forename: Deanna M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Barch
authors.forename: Matthew M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Botvinick
authors.forename: Charles S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Carver
authors.forename: Roshan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cools
authors.forename: Ruud
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Custers
authors.forename: Anthony
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dickinson
authors.forename: Carol S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Dweck
authors.forename: Ayelet
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authors.lastname: Fishbach
authors.forename: Peter M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Gollwitzer
authors.forename: Thomas M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Hess
authors.forename: Derek M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Isaacowitz
authors.forename: Mara
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mather
authors.forename: Kou
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Murayama
authors.forename: Luiz
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authors.lastname: Pessoa
authors.forename: Gregory R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Samanez-Larkin
authors.forename: Leah H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Somerville
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D009042:Motivation / Q000502:physiology*; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests