Seminar: CCNP – Neuromodulation and cognitive effort
Andrew Westbrook Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Rutgers University Neuromodulation and cognitive effort Cognitive control is effortful, causing people to avoid demanding tasks, and undermining their goal-directed behavior. Yet the nature of effort costs, and the systems biasing decisions to exert or withhold effort are largely unknown. Striatal dopamine promotes physical effort for reward, …