Agency and the Calibration of Motivated Behavior. Academic Article

abstract

• The controllability of positive or negative environmental events has long been recognized as a critical factor determining their impact on an organism. In studies across species, controllable and uncontrollable reinforcement have been found to yield divergent effects on subsequent behavior. Here we present a model of the organizing influence of control, or a lack thereof, on the behavioral repertoire. We propose that individuals derive a generalizable estimate of agency from controllable and uncontrollable outcomes, which serves to calibrate their behavioral strategies in a manner that is most likely to be adaptive given their prior experience.

authors

• Moscarello, Justin

published proceedings

• Trends Cogn Sci

altmetric score

• 7.35

author list (cited authors)

• Moscarello, J. M., & Hartley, C. A.

citation count

• 68

complete list of authors

• Moscarello, Justin M||Hartley, Catherine A

publication date

• October 2017

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• Trends in Cognitive Sciences  Journal

keywords

• Animals
• Behavior, Animal
• Calibration
• Humans
• Motivation
• Reaction Time
• Stress, Psychological

PubMed Central ID

• 28693961

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/j.tics.2017.06.008

start page

• 725

end page

• 735

volume

• 21

issue

• 10

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2017.06.008