2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Neural basis of the undermining effect on intrinsic motivation
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21530773
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Experimental psychology
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| Research Institution | Tamagawa University |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2011
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| Keywords | 動機づけ / 自己決定感 / fMRI / 前頭葉 / 教育 |
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| Research Abstract |
The neural basis of intrinsic motivation has been unknown. We introduced a task, in that people voluntary enjoy performing it, and measured the brain activity while the participants were performing the task. By dividing the participants into "reward group" who experienced performance-based monetary reward and "control group" who did not experience it, we found that the performance-based monetary reward reduced the following brain activity based on intrinsic motivation, correlating with the undermined intrinsic motivation to perform the task.
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