C. Dorman and P. Gaudiano: Motivation 1 RUNNING HEAD: Motivation Correspondence:

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  • Paolo Gaudiano
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The ability of humans and animals to survive in a constantly changing environment is a testament to the power of biological processes. At any moment in our lives, we are faced with many sensory stimuli, and we can typically generate a large number of behaviors. How do we learn to ignore irrelevant information and suppress inappropriate behavior so that we may function in a complex environment? In this chapter we discuss motivation, the internal force that produces actions on the basis of the momentary balance between our needs and the demands of our environment. We first give a description of motivation and how it is studied, focusing on behavioral and physiological studies. We then discuss the role of motivation in behavioral theories and neural network modeling.

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تاریخ انتشار 1998