Removing financial incentives demotivates the brain

Removing financial incentives demotivates the brain.

S ocial scientists and many biologists are all preoccupied in different ways with the nature and effects of the ways incentives influence behavior. One type of incentive is clearly intrinsic; it originates within a person and is often linked to exploratory behavior, hedonic pleasure from self-determined mastery, and desire to satisfy curiosity for its own sake (1). Another type of incentive is ...

Encouraging breastfeeding: financial incentives.

The NOSH (Nourishing Start for Health) three-phase research study is testing whether offering financial incentives for breastfeeding improves six-eight-week breastfeeding rates in low-rate areas. This article describes phase one development work, which aimed to explore views about practical aspects of the design of the scheme. Interviews and focus groups were held with women (n = 38) and health...

Improving Health Using Financial Incentives

Financial incentives and quality improvement.

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