Brain stimulation over frontopolar cortex enhances motivation to exert effort for reward

Loss of motivation is a characteristic feature of several psychiatric and neurological disorders. However, the neural mechanisms underlying human motivation are far from being understood. Here, we show that frontopolar cortex (FPC) plays a crucial role in motivating cognitive and physical effort exertion by computing subjective effort equivalents.

Source: Biological Psychiatry - November 15, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Alexander Soutschek, Pyungwon Kang, Christian C. Ruff, Todd A. Hare, Philippe N. Tobler Tags: Archival Report Source Type: research