Urges, inhibition, and voluntary action

Gore Urges Action

Hedonic value of intentional action provides reinforcement for voluntary generation but not voluntary inhibition of action

Intentional inhibition refers to stopping oneself from performing an action at the last moment, a vital component of self-control. It has been suggested that intentional inhibition is associated with negative hedonic value, perhaps due to the frustration of cancelling an intended action. Here we investigate hedonic implications of the free choice to act or inhibit. Participants gave aesthetic r...

Selection and inhibition mechanisms for human voluntary action decisions

One can choose between action alternatives that have no apparent difference in their outcomes. Such voluntary action decisions are associated with widespread frontal-parietal activation, and a tendency to inhibit the repetition of a previous action. However, the mechanism of initiating voluntary actions and the functions of different brain regions during this process remains largely unknown. He...

Human Medial Frontal Cortex Mediates Unconscious Inhibition of Voluntary Action

Within the medial frontal cortex, the supplementary eye field (SEF), supplementary motor area (SMA), and pre-SMA have been implicated in the control of voluntary action, especially during motor sequences or tasks involving rapid choices between competing response plans. However, the precise roles of these areas remain controversial. Here, we study two extremely rare patients with microlesions o...

Voluntary Action

workers?deals with Voluntary Social Service inspired by the philanthropic motive. This section deals with a great variety of organizations, showing the way in which many of them have developed to meet the needs of a changing social structure. Particularly striking in this connection is the evolution of the Charity Organization Society with its emphasis on the giving of material aid, into the Fa...