Paper Title
Motivation needs cognition but is not just about cognition
Keywords
- Motivation
- Cognition
- Computational Processes
- Motivation Theory
- Rewards
- Sexual Desire
- Rewarding Information
- Motivation-Cognition Interface
- Cognitive Processes
- Motivational Processes
- Reward Systems
- Desire and Motivation
- Motivation Mechanisms
- Cognitive-Motivational Interaction
- Motivation Theories
- Behavioral Motivation
Article Type
Research Article
Journal
Research Impact Tools
Publication Info
Volume: 48 | Pages: e28
Published On
January, 2025
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Abstract
Murayama and Jach offer valuable suggestions for how to integrate computational processes into motivation theory, but these processes cannot do away with motivation altogether. Rewards are only rewarding because people want and like them – that is, because of motivation. Sexual desire is not primarily a quest for rewarding information. Elucidating the interface between motivation and cognition seems a promising way forward.
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