Age-Related Differences in Motivational Integration and Cognitive Control.

ABSTRACT: Motivational incentives play an influential role in value-based decision-making and cognitive control. A compelling hypothesis in the literature suggests that the motivational value of diverse incentives are integrated in the brain into a common currency value signal that influences decision-making and behavior. To investigate whether motivational integration processes change during healthy aging, we tested older (N = 44) and younger (N = 54) adults in an innovative incentive integration task paradigm that establishes dissociable and additive effects of liquid (e.g., juice, neutral, saltwater) and monetary incentives on cognitive task performance. The results reveal that motivational incentives improve cognitive task performance in both older and younger adults, providing novel evidence de

SUBMITTER: Yee DM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6599483 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature