Biopsychological and neural processes of implicit motivation

Schultheiss O, Hall JL, Stanton SJ (2010)


Publication Language: English

Publication Status: Accepted

Publication Type: Book chapter / Article in edited volumes

Publication year: 2010

Original Authors: Hall Julie L., Stanton Steven J., Schultheiss Oliver C.

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Edited Volumes: Implicit motives

City/Town: New York

Pages Range: 279-307

DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195335156.003.0010

Abstract

In this chapter we provide an overview of recent research on the biopsychological correlates of implicit motives. We review evidence for a role of gonadal steroids (testosterone and estradiol) as well as stress axis activation in power motivation arousal and satisfaction/frustration, summarize recent research on the role of progesterone and affiliation motivation, and discuss a possible role for arginine–vasopressin in achievement motivation. We also present findings from brain imaging work that indicate that the needs for power, affiliation, and achievement modulate activity in a core motivational circuit consisting of striatum, amygdala, orbitofrontal cortex, and insula when nonverbal social incentives are processed.

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APA:

Schultheiss, O., Hall, J.L., & Stanton, S.J. (2010). Biopsychological and neural processes of implicit motivation. In Schultheiss Oliver C., Brunstein Joachim C. (Eds.), Implicit motives. (pp. 279-307). New York: Oxford University Press.

MLA:

Schultheiss, Oliver, Judie L. Hall, and Steven J. Stanton. "Biopsychological and neural processes of implicit motivation." Implicit motives. Ed. Schultheiss Oliver C., Brunstein Joachim C., New York: Oxford University Press, 2010. 279-307.

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