Secondary rewards acquire enhanced incentive motivation via increasing anticipatory activity of the lateral orbitofrontal cortex
Xi Yang, Xiaolong Liu, Yixu Zeng, Renjing Wu, Weihua Zhao, Fei Xin, Shuxia Yao, Keith Maurice Kendrick, Richard P. Ebstein, Benjamin Becker
This study shows that secondary rewards like money gain increased incentive motivation through heightened anticipatory activity in the lateral orbitofrontal cortex, unlike primary rewards which decrease in value with satiation.
Brain Structure and Function · Jul 12, 2021Peer-reviewedNeuroscience