It is becoming increasingly appreciated that affective and/or motivational influences
contribute strongly to goal-oriented cognition and behavior. An unresolved question is …

It is becoming increasingly appreciated that affective influences can contribute strongly to
goal-oriented cognition and behavior. However, much work is still needed to properly …

Growing evidence suggests that positive affect and reward have differential effects on
cognitive control. So far, however, these effects have never been studied together. Here, the …

Affective variables have been shown to impact working memory and cognitive control.
Theoretical arguments suggest that the functional impact of emotion on cognition might be …

Goal-directed action in changing environments requires a dynamic balance between
complementary control modes, which serve antagonistic adaptive functions (eg, to shield …

Cognitive control is accompanied by observable negative affect. But how is this negative
affect experienced subjectively, and are these feelings related to variation in cognitive …

Motivational manipulations, such as the presence of performance-contingent reward
incentives, can have substantial influences on cognitive control. Previous evidence suggests …

Background Based on introspectionist, semantic, and psychophysiological experimental
frameworks, it has long been assumed that all affective states derive from two independent …

Previous work has demonstrated that cognitive control can be influenced by affect, both
when it is tied to the anticipated outcomes for cognitive performance (integral affect) and …

What changes in brain activity are associated with changes in motivational state? The
present study addressed this question by having participants perform a cognitive task (AX …