Neurocomputational mechanisms underlying subjective valuation of effort costs.

In everyday life, we have to decide whether it is worth exerting effort to obtain rewards. Effort can be experienced in different domains, with some tasks requiring significant cognitive demand and others being more physically effortful. The motivation to exert effort for reward is highly subjective...

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Main Authors: Trevor T-J Chong, Matthew Apps, Kathrin Giehl, Annie Sillence, Laura L Grima, Masud Husain
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-02-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002598