Abstract
Intrinsic motivation modulates neural sensitivity to positive versus negative performance feedback during learning — with striatal responses tracking motivation levels and motivational interviewing increasing feedback sensitivity in medial temporal lobe (DePasque & Tricomi, 2015).
DePasque, S., & Tricomi, E. (2015). Effects of intrinsic motivation on feedback processing during learning. NeuroImage, 119, 175–186. DOI
Key findings
- fMRI feedback-learning paradigm: — Feedback-based learning task before and after motivational-interviewing manipulation.
- Striatal modulation: — Motivation levels during task associated with sensitivity to positive vs negative feedback in striatum — reinforcement-learning hub.
Application
When two students receive identical corrective feedback after a failed attempt; the intrinsically motivated student shows greater striatal sensitivity to feedback signals — predicting more effective behavioral updating on subsequent trials — open this cite for the study behind the move.