Intrinsic prefrontal organization underlies associations between achievement motivation and delay discounting
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Achievement motivation is a core component of human decision making. However, neural mechanisms that link achievement motivation and intertemporal choice have not yet been elucidated. Here, we examined neural pathways underlying the relationship between achievement motivation and intertemporal choice using a delay discounting task and resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging on 86 healthy subjects. Behaviorally, delay discounting rate was positively correlated with achievement motivation. Functional coupling of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (dlPFC) with the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC), medial orbitofrontal cortex and ventral striatum was positively correlated with achievement motivation. Notably, the mediation analysis showed that the impact of achievement motivation on delay discounting was mediated by intrinsic connectivity between the dlPFC and mPFC. Our findings suggest that intrinsic organization within the prefrontal cortex plays a key role in linking achievement motivation and intertemporal choice.
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Incentives for early completion could confound the correlation between temporal discounting and procrastination because the actual correlation might be between temporal discounting and achievement motivation.
“However, such incentives could be a confound because the actual correlation might be between temporal discounting and achievement motivation20,21.”
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The Behavioral results (p. 5) report a positive correlation between delay discounting and achievement motivation, supporting the proposed alternative correlation. The paper does not assess incentives for early completion or whether they confound a correlation with procrastination. (LLM, conf=0.84)
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- Authors
- Xin, Y., Xu, P., Aleman, A., Luo, Y., & Feng, T.
- Affiliations
- University Medical Center Groningen (NL)
- Shenzhen University (CN)
- Southwest University (CN)
- Corresponding author
- Luo, Yuejia
- Feng, Tingyong
- Venue
- Brain Structure and Function
- Published
- 2020-01-13
- Volume
- 225
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 511-518
- ISSN
- 1863-2653 (ISSN-L)
- 1863-2661
- OpenAlex
- W2999289953
- Cited by
- 14
- References
- 67
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 2 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 2
- FWCI
- 0.81
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- hdl.handle.net
- Licence
- Locations
- Brain Structure and Function (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (31571128)
- 973 Program (2014CB744600)
- he Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (SWU1509392)
- KQTD (2015033016104926)
- the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31500920, 31530031, 81471376)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › General Decision Sciences › Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
- Keywords
- achievement motivation, delay discounting, intertemporal choice, dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, medial prefrontal cortex, intrinsic functional connectivity, resting-state functional connectivity, medial orbitofrontal cortex, ventral striatum, decision-making
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Brain Mapping, Female, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Motivation, Neural Pathways, Reward, Prefrontal Cortex, Young Adult, Delay Discounting, Ventral Striatum
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