Neural Basis of Intrinsic Motivation: Evidence from Event-Related Potentials
Joint Authors
Source
Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-6, 6 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-09-27
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
6
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Human intrinsic motivation is of great importance in human behavior.
However, although researchers have focused on this topic for decades, its neural basis was still unclear.
The current study employed event-related potentials to investigate the neural disparity between an interesting stop-watch (SW) task and a boring watch-stop task (WS) to understand the neural mechanisms of intrinsic motivation.
Our data showed that, in the cue priming stage, the cue of the SW task elicited smaller N2 amplitude than that of the WS task.
Furthermore, in the outcome feedback stage, the outcome of the SW task induced smaller FRN amplitude and larger P300 amplitude than that of the WS task.
These results suggested that human intrinsic motivation did exist and that it can be detected at the neural level.
Furthermore, intrinsic motivation could be quantitatively indexed by the amplitude of ERP components, such as N2, FRN, and P300, in the cue priming stage or feedback stage.
Quantitative measurements would also be convenient for intrinsic motivation to be added as a candidate social factor in the construction of a machine learning model.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Jin, Jia& Yu, Liping& Ma, Qingguo. 2015. Neural Basis of Intrinsic Motivation: Evidence from Event-Related Potentials. Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1057735
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Jin, Jia…[et al.]. Neural Basis of Intrinsic Motivation: Evidence from Event-Related Potentials. Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1057735
American Medical Association (AMA)
Jin, Jia& Yu, Liping& Ma, Qingguo. Neural Basis of Intrinsic Motivation: Evidence from Event-Related Potentials. Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1057735
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1057735