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The integration of motivation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 1999

Alan H. Bond
Affiliation:
Vision Research, California Institute of Technology, 136-93, Pasadena, CA 91125 bond@vision.caltech.edu www.vision.caltech.edu/bond
Michael Raleigh
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90089 mraleigh@mednet.ucla.edu

Abstract

We propose that a control system will address the causal dynamics of the neural network that Depue & Collins regard as underlying extraversion. We briefly describe a control system approach and articulate the notion of integration. The integration of goals and regards is achieved by subcortical assessment of reward in the nucleus accumbens and VTA (ventral tegmental area) transmission of this information largely by dopaminergic systems and representation of reward in the MOC (medial orbital cortex). Thus reward information is collected, integrated, and evaluated in the MOC. Such control decisions rely on constraining processes, a functional property of the MOC mediated largely by serotonergic neurons.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
© 1999 Cambridge University Press

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