Why do we do what we do? Biological psychological and computational bases of mo...
Why do we do what we do? Biological psychological and computational bases of motivation
We are largely unaware of our own motives. Understanding our motives can be reduced to knowing how we form goals and these goals translate into behavior. Goals can be defined as pleasurable situations that we particularly value an...
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We are largely unaware of our own motives. Understanding our motives can be reduced to knowing how we form goals and these goals translate into behavior. Goals can be defined as pleasurable situations that we particularly value and that we intend to reach. Recent investigation in the emerging field of neuro-economics has put forward a neuronal network constituting a brain valuation system (BVS). We wish to build a more comprehensive account of motivational processes, investigating not only valuation and choice but also effort (how much energy we would spend to attain a goal). More specifically, our aims are to better describe 1) how the brain assigns values to various objects and actions, 2) how values depend on parameters such as reward magnitude, probability, delay and cost, 3) how values are affected by social contexts, 4) how values are modified through learning and 5) how values influence the brain systems (perceptual, cognitive and motor) that underpin behavioral performance. To these aims, we would combine three approaches: 1) human cognitive neuroscience, which is central as we ultimately wish to understand ourselves, as well as human pathological conditions where motivation is either deficient (apathy) or out of control (compulsion), 2) primate neurophysiology, which is essential to describe information processing at the single-unit level and to derive causality by observing behavioral consequences of brain manipulations, 3) computational modeling, which is mandatory to link quantitatively the different descriptions levels (single-unit recordings, local field potentials, regional BOLD signal, vegetative manifestations and motor outputs). A bayesian framework will be developed to infer from experimental measures the subjects prior beliefs and value functions. We believe that our team, bringing together three complementary perspectives on motivation within a clinical environment, would represent a unique education and research center in Europe.