In a new fMRI meta-analysis, we reveal the complementary roles of the vmPFC and pre-SMA in representing the costs of effortful behaviour. A fun global collaboration led by Paula Lopez-Gamundi, she/her & Yuanwei Yao, with Hauke Heekeren Ernest Mas Herrero #JosepMarcoPallarés .
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cool paper by Italo Alí Diez that implicates alpha (and theta, but not beta) in the choice to buy. Interesting read as I look more into the role of alpha in reward-related decision-making!!

Neurophysiological correlates of purchase decision-making sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Causal role of lateral prefrontal cortex in mental effort and fatigue onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

Just came across this super interesting paper from Trevor Chong !! Worth the read

Dissociable Motivational Deficits in Pre-manifest Huntington’s Disease: Cell Reports Medicine cell.com/cell-reports-m…

Applications are now being accepted for the 10-day UC-Davis/SDSU ERP Boot Camp, which will be held August 2-10, 2021 in San Diego, California. Due date is April 1. Admissions decisions will be announced in early May. Please RT! erpinfo.org/blog/2020/12/2…

Behaviourally, high reward preferably enhanced object memory. Importantly, neural activity in PRC and PHC reflected item encoding of objects and scenes, respectively. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

See our new pre-print: Opportunity cost determines action initiation latency and predicts apathy. psyarxiv.com/d9pgz. With: Ritwik Niyogi (jnt 1st) Sophie Shang Prof. Sarah Tabrizi, Geraint Rees and Robb Rutledge - new task, modelling and apathy results with replication

Simultaneous association of grip effort with snack food items does not change preferences biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #biorxiv_neursci

Where in the brain are the prospective cost and subjective value of effortful rewards represented? We used fMRI meta-analysis to find out. Special thanks to all the investigators that shared their data & to Yuanwei Yao for taking me under his wing

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Good to see this meta-analysis in preprint. Encouraging to see the authors managed to obtain the original whole-brain stats maps from 18/22 included studies.