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Project

The role of cognitive effort in motivated behaviour: a neurocognitive approach

Outputs and Outcomes

Code

01G00420

Duration

01 January 2020 → 31 October 2025

Funding

Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund

Promotor-spokesperson

Roeljan Wiersema

Research disciplines

Medical and health sciences
- Cognitive neuroscience

Keywords

Cognitive effort motivation reward ADHD neurocognitive

Project description

Although investing cognitive effort is key to success in daily life, its mechanistic understanding is thus far minimal. We will use a multimethod neurocognitive approach to better understand how cognitive effort is evaluated, implemented, adjusted, and maintained, both in healthy participants and in a highly relevant clinical population (ADHD).

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English

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