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SUBMITTER: Rowe JB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3886193 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Rowe James B JB Eckstein Doris D Braver Todd T Owen Adrian M AM
Journal of cognitive neuroscience 20081101 11
The prospect of reward changes how we think and behave. We investigated how this occurs in the brain using a novel continuous performance task in which fluctuating reward expectations biased cognitive processes between competing spatial and verbal tasks. Critically, effects of reward expectancy could be distinguished from induced changes in task-related networks. Behavioral data confirm specific bias toward a reward-relevant modality. Increased reward expectation improves reaction time and accur ...[more]