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The Effects of Choice on Task Performance and Reward Awareness: A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study

The Effects of Choice on Task Performance and Reward Awareness: A Functional Magnetic Resonance... Providing a choice is desirable and helpful to learning motivation and task processing. This study explored how choice and achievement goals affect motivation and reward awareness using the functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) technique. Twenty‐four college students participated in this study, in which a 2 × 2 factorial design (choice/no choice × reward/no reward) was used in association with a verbal frequency task involving the selection of the more frequent word between two presented words. In the within‐group analyses, participants showed activation of the medial frontal gyrus in the choice condition regardless of the reward types. The brain activation patterns differed depending on the level of achievement. Overall, providing a choice is beneficial to students in terms of performing a task and processing their reward. It is important to consider an individual's achievement goal when providing choices as a strategy to motivate a learner. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Mind, Brain, and Education Wiley

The Effects of Choice on Task Performance and Reward Awareness: A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study

Mind, Brain, and Education , Volume 15 (4) – Nov 1, 2021

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Wiley
Copyright
Journal Compilation © 2021 International Mind, Brain, and Education Society and Blackwell Publishing, LLC
ISSN
1751-2271
eISSN
1751-228X
DOI
10.1111/mbe.12299
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Abstract

Providing a choice is desirable and helpful to learning motivation and task processing. This study explored how choice and achievement goals affect motivation and reward awareness using the functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) technique. Twenty‐four college students participated in this study, in which a 2 × 2 factorial design (choice/no choice × reward/no reward) was used in association with a verbal frequency task involving the selection of the more frequent word between two presented words. In the within‐group analyses, participants showed activation of the medial frontal gyrus in the choice condition regardless of the reward types. The brain activation patterns differed depending on the level of achievement. Overall, providing a choice is beneficial to students in terms of performing a task and processing their reward. It is important to consider an individual's achievement goal when providing choices as a strategy to motivate a learner.

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Mind, Brain, and EducationWiley

Published: Nov 1, 2021

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