We investigated how the brain integrates motivational and attentional signals by using a
neuroimaging paradigm that provided separate estimates for transient cue-and target …

What role does reward play in real-world human vision? Reward coding in the midbrain is
thought to cause the rapid prioritization of reward-associated visual stimuli. However …

Reward can influence visual performance, but the neural basis of this effect remains poorly
understood. Here we used functional magnetic resonance imaging to investigate how …

Reward motivation often enhances task performance, but the neural mechanisms underlying
such cognitive enhancement remain unclear. Here, we used a multivariate pattern analysis …

Motivational stimuli such as rewards elicit adaptive responses and influence various
cognitive functions. Notably, increasing evidence suggests that stimuli with particular …

To evaluate the effect of an abstract motivational incentive on top-down mechanisms of
visual spatial attention, 10 subjects engaged in a target detection task and responded to …

A great deal of human behavior and motivation is based on the intrinsic emotional
significance of rewarding or aversive events, as well as on the associations formed between …

Visual selective attention is the brain function that modulates ongoing processing of retinal
input in order for selected representations to gain privileged access to perceptual …

Stimulus-reward coupling without attention can induce highly specific perceptual learning
effects, suggesting that reward triggers selective plasticity within visual cortex. Additionally …

Stimuli associated with high rewards evoke stronger neuronal activity than stimuli
associated with lower rewards in many brain regions. It is not well understood how these …