Go Back Research Article January, 2025

Motivation needs cognition but is not just about cognition

Author Roy F. Baumeister Author André Nathalie

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.

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
Details
Volume 48
Pages e28
DOI 10.1017/S0140525X24000529
ISSN 1469-1825
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