The Mechanisms of Intrinsically Driven Cognitive Control

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K14483
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 10040:Experimental psychology-related
• Research Institution: Gifu Shotoku Gakuen University (2021-2023); University of Human Environments (2020); Aichi Shukutoku University (2019)
• Principal Investigator: Kuratomi Kei 岐阜聖徳学園大学, 教育学部, 講師 (00782286)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 認知的制御 / 動機づけ / 内発的動機づけ / 競合適応 / 好奇心

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In the study of the interaction between cognitive control and motivation, the motivation has typically been manipulated by external factors such as monetary rewards. However, the motivation is solely an external factor; it is also an internal one, such as curiosity. The study focused on the internal factor and investigated that the interaction between intrinsic motivation and cognitive control. The results showed that intrinsic motivation for a task does not interact with cognitive control; however, manipulating intrinsic motivation unrelated to the task goal does interact with cognitive control.

Free Research Field

認知心理学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

私たちの行動は，周辺情報にもとづいて，競合が多いときにはタイトに，競合が少ないときにはルーズに行動を調整することができる。しかし，このような行動調整に，行為者本人の動機づけによって変動するのかは明らかではない。本研究では，好奇心のように行為そのものが楽しいから取り組むという内発的な動機づけが，周辺情報にもとづいて調整される行動にいかなる影響を及ぼすのかに関する示唆を与えるものである。