The cognitive effects of a promised bonus do not depend on dopamine synthesis capacity

Abstract Reward motivation is known to enhance cognitive control. However, detrimental effects have also been observed, which have been attributed to overdosing of already high baseline dopamine levels by further dopamine increases elicited by reward cues. Aarts et al. (2014) indeed demonstrated, in...

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Main Authors: Lieke Hofmans, Ruben van den Bosch, Jessica I. Määttä, Robbert-Jan Verkes, Esther Aarts, Roshan Cools
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-10-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-72329-4