[HTML][HTML] The neuroscience of positive emotions and affect: Implications for cultivating happiness and wellbeing

R Alexander, OR Aragón, J Bookwala… - Neuroscience & …, 2021 - Elsevier
This review paper provides an integrative account regarding neurophysiological correlates
of positive emotions and affect that cumulatively contribute to the scaffolding for positive …

[HTML][HTML] The neural basis of effort valuation: A meta-analysis of functional magnetic resonance imaging studies

P Lopez-Gamundi, YW Yao, TTJ Chong… - Neuroscience & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Choosing how much effort to expend is critical for everyday decisions. While several
neuroimaging studies have examined effort-based decision-making, results have been …

An integrative effort: Bridging motivational intensity theory and recent neurocomputational and neuronal models of effort and control allocation.

N Silvestrini, S Musslick, AS Berry… - Psychological …, 2023 - psycnet.apa.org
An increasing number of cognitive, neurobiological, and computational models have been
proposed in the last decade, seeking to explain how humans allocate physical or cognitive …

Surprise, value and control in anterior cingulate cortex during speeded decision-making

E Vassena, J Deraeve, WH Alexander - Nature Human Behaviour, 2020 - nature.com
Activity in the dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (dACC) is observed across a variety of
contexts, and its function remains intensely debated in the field of cognitive neuroscience …

Computational models of anterior cingulate cortex: At the crossroads between prediction and effort

E Vassena, CB Holroyd, WH Alexander - Frontiers in neuroscience, 2017 - frontiersin.org
In the last two decades the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) has become one of the most
investigated areas of the brain. Extensive neuroimaging evidence suggests countless …

Filling the gaps: Cognitive control as a critical lens for understanding mechanisms of value-based decision-making

R Frömer, A Shenhav - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
While often seeming to investigate rather different problems, research into value-based
decision making and cognitive control have historically offered parallel insights into how …

Disentangling predictive processing in the brain: a meta-analytic study in favour of a predictive network

L Ficco, L Mancuso, J Manuello, A Teneggi, D Liloia… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
According to the predictive coding (PC) theory, the brain is constantly engaged in predicting
its upcoming states and refining these predictions through error signals. Despite extensive …

A new era for executive function research: On the transition from centralized to distributed executive functioning

N Zink, A Lenartowicz, S Markett - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract “Executive functions”(EFs) is an umbrella term for higher cognitive control functions
such as working memory, inhibition, and cognitive flexibility. One of the most challenging …

Neural mechanisms for learning self and other ownership

PL Lockwood, MK Wittmann, MAJ Apps… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Sense of ownership is a ubiquitous and fundamental aspect of human cognition. Here we
used model-based functional magnetic resonance imaging and a novel minimal ownership …

Chimpanzee histology and functional brain imaging show that the paracingulate sulcus is not human-specific

C Amiez, J Sallet, J Novek, F Hadj-Bouziane… - Communications …, 2021 - nature.com
The paracingulate sulcus-PCGS-has been considered for a long time to be specific to the
human brain. Its presence/absence has been discussed in relation to interindividual …