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Distinct Subtypes of Apathy Revealed by the Apathy Motivation Index by Ang, Yuen-Siang, Lockwood, Patricia, Apps, Matthew A J, Muhammed, Kinan, Husain, Masud

“…Apathy is a debilitating but poorly understood disorder characterized by a reduction in motivation. As well as being associated with several brain disorders,…”
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Neural and computational mechanisms of momentary fatigue and persistence in effort-based choice by Müller, Tanja, Klein-Flügge, Miriam C., Manohar, Sanjay G., Husain, Masud, Apps, Matthew A. J.

“…From a gym workout, to deciding whether to persevere at work, many activities require us to persist in deciding that rewards are ‘worth the effort’ even as we…”
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Preferences for seeking effort or reward information bias the willingness to work by Müller, Tanja, Husain, Masud, Apps, Matthew A. J.

“…Research suggests that the temporal order in which people receive information about costs and benefits whilst making decisions can influence their choices…”
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A reward self-bias leads to more optimal foraging for ourselves than others by Contreras-Huerta, Luis Sebastian, Pisauro, M. Andrea, Küchenhoff, Svenja, Gekiere, Arno, Le Heron, Campbell, Lockwood, Patricia L., Apps, Matthew A. J.

“…People are self-biased for rewards. We place a higher value on rewards if we receive them than if other people do. However, existing work has ignored one of…”
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Anterior cingulate cortex: A brain system necessary for learning to reward others? by Lockwood, Patricia L, O'Nell, Kathryn C, Apps, Matthew A. J

“…Helping a friend move house, donating to charity, volunteering assistance during a crisis. Humans and other species alike regularly undertake prosocial…”
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The role of the midcingulate cortex in monitoring others' decisions by Apps, Matthew A J, Lockwood, Patricia L, Balsters, Joshua H

“…A plethora of research has implicated the cingulate cortex in the processing of social information (i.e., processing elicited by, about, and directed toward…”
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‘Bodily precision’: a predictive coding account of individual differences in interoceptive accuracy by Ainley, Vivien, Apps, Matthew A. J., Fotopoulou, Aikaterini, Tsakiris, Manos

“…Individuals differ in their awareness of afferent information from within their bodies, which is typically assessed by a heartbeat perception measure of…”
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The free-energy self: a predictive coding account of self-recognition by Apps, Matthew A J, Tsakiris, Manos

“…Recognising and representing one's self as distinct from others is a fundamental component of self-awareness. However, current theories of self-recognition are…”
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Neurocomputational mechanisms of prosocial learning and links to empathy by Lockwood, Patricia L., Apps, Matthew A. J., Valton, Vincent, Viding, Essi, Roiser, Jonathan P.

“…Reinforcement learning theory powerfully characterizes how we learn to benefit ourselves. In this theory, prediction errors—the difference between a predicted…”
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The anterior cingulate gyrus signals the net value of others' rewards by Apps, Matthew A J, Ramnani, Narender

“…Evaluating the costs and benefits of our own choices is central to most forms of decision-making and its mechanisms in the brain are becoming increasingly well…”
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Acute stress reduces effortful prosocial behaviour by Forbes, Paul A G, Aydogan, Gökhan, Braunstein, Julia, Todorova, Boryana, Wagner, Isabella C, Lockwood, Patricia L, Apps, Matthew A J, Ruff, Christian C, Lamm, Claus

“…Acute stress can change our cognition and emotions, but what specific consequences this has for human prosocial behaviour is unclear. Previous studies have…”
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The Anterior Cingulate Gyrus and Social Cognition: Tracking the Motivation of Others by Apps, Matthew A.J., Rushworth, Matthew F.S., Chang, Steve W.C.

“…The anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) is implicated in a broad range of behaviors and cognitive processes, but it has been unclear what contribution, if any, the…”
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Aging Increases Prosocial Motivation for Effort by Lockwood, Patricia L., Abdurahman, Ayat, Gabay, Anthony S., Drew, Daniel, Tamm, Marin, Husain, Masud, Apps, Matthew A. J.

“…Social cohesion relies on prosociality in increasingly aging populations. Helping other people requires effort, yet how willing people are to exert effort to…”
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Prosocial Behavior Is Associated With Transdiagnostic Markers of Affective Sensitivity in Multiple Domains by Contreras-Huerta, Luis Sebastian, Lockwood, Patricia L., Bird, Geoffrey, Apps, Matthew A. J., Crockett, Molly J.

“…Prosocial behaviors-actions that benefit others-fundamentally shape our interpersonal interactions. Psychiatric disorders have been suggested to be related to…”
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Disrupted prediction errors index social deficits in autism spectrum disorder by Balsters, Joshua H, Apps, Matthew A J, Bolis, Dimitris, Lehner, Rea, Gallagher, Louise, Wenderoth, Nicole

“…Social deficits are a core symptom of autism spectrum disorder; however, the perturbed neural mechanisms underpinning these deficits remain unclear. It has…”
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Reward Pays the Cost of Noise Reduction in Motor and Cognitive Control by Manohar, Sanjay G., Chong, Trevor T.-J., Apps, Matthew A.J., Batla, Amit, Stamelou, Maria, Jarman, Paul R., Bhatia, Kailash P., Husain, Masud

“…Speed-accuracy trade-off is an intensively studied law governing almost all behavioral tasks across species. Here we show that motivation by reward breaks this…”
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Dopamine Modulates Dynamic Decision-Making during Foraging by Le Heron, Campbell, Kolling, Nils, Plant, Olivia, Kienast, Annika, Janska, Rebecca, Ang, Yuen-Siang, Fallon, Sean, Husain, Masud, Apps, Matthew A J

“…The mesolimbic dopaminergic system exerts a crucial influence on incentive processing. However, the contribution of dopamine in dynamic, ecological situations…”
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Neural mechanisms for learning self and other ownership by Lockwood, Patricia L., Wittmann, Marco K., Apps, Matthew A. J., Klein-Flügge, Miriam C., Crockett, Molly J., Humphreys, Glyn W., Rushworth, Matthew F. S.

“…Sense of ownership is a ubiquitous and fundamental aspect of human cognition. Here we used model-based functional magnetic resonance imaging and a novel…”
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Prosocial apathy for helping others when effort is required by Lockwood, Patricia L., Hamonet, Mathilde, Zhang, Samuel H., Ratnavel, Anya, Salmony, Florentine U., Husain, Masud, Apps, Matthew A. J.

“…Prosocial acts—those that are costly to ourselves but benefit others—are a central component of human coexistence 1 – 3 . While the financial and moral costs…”
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Neural and Cognitive Signatures of Guilt Predict Hypocritical Blame by Yu, Hongbo, Contreras-Huerta, Luis Sebastian, Prosser, Annayah M. B., Apps, Matthew A. J., Hofmann, Wilhelm, Sinnott-Armstrong, Walter, Crockett, Molly J.

“…A common form of moral hypocrisy occurs when people blame others for moral violations that they themselves commit. It is assumed that hypocritical blamers act…”
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