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Motivation needs cognition but is not just about cognition

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2025

Nathalie André Open the ORCID record for Nathalie André [Opens in a new window]  and
Roy F. Baumeister
Nathalie André*
Affiliation:
Sport Sciences Faculty, University of Poitiers, Poitiers, France [email protected]
Roy F. Baumeister
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA [email protected]
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Abstract

Murayama and Jach offer valuable suggestions for how to integrate computational processes into motivation theory, but these processes cannot do away with motivation altogether. Rewards are only rewarding because people want and like them – that is, because of motivation. Sexual desire is not primarily a quest for rewarding information. Elucidating the interface between motivation and cognition seems a promising way forward.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 48 , 2025 , e28
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2025. Published by Cambridge University Press

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