Motivation needs cognition but is not just about cognition.

Nathalie Andr��, Roy F Baumeister
Author Information
  1. Nathalie Andr��: Sport Sciences Faculty, University of Poitiers, Poitiers, France nathalie.andre@univ-poitiers.fr. ORCID
  2. Roy F Baumeister: Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA r.baumeister@uq.edu.au.

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.

MeSH Term

Motivation
Humans
Cognition
Reward

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