Differential modulation of cognitive control networks by monetary reward and punishment.

ABSTRACT: Incentives are primary determinants of if and how well an organism will perform a given behavior. Here, we examined how incentive valence and magnitude influence task switching, a critical cognitive control process, and test the predictions that the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) and the ventral striatum (vStr) function as key nodes linking motivation and control systems in the brain. Our results indicate that reward and punishment incentives have both common and distinct effects on cognitive control at the behavioral and neurobiological levels. For example, reward incentives led to greater activity in the ACC during the engagement of control relative to punishments. Furthermore, the neural responses to reward and punishment differed as a function of individual sensitivity to each incenti

SUBMITTER: Cubillo A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6399610 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature