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Cognitive effort increases the intensity of rewards

2023-08-26

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An important body of literature suggests that exerting intense cognitive effort causes mental fatigue and can lead to unhealthy behaviors such as indulging in high-calorie food and taking drugs. Whereas this effect has been mostly explained in terms of weakening cognitive control, cognitive effort may also bias behavioral choices by amplifying the hedonic and emotional impact of rewards. We report parallel finding...

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Literature Corpus work: a67228c7-d9e7-5e2b-be24-d9f15e914e92
DOI: 10.1101/2023.08.24.554617

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