The Neuroscience of Habituated Motivation

Masala, Alberto; Andler, Daniel; Denizeau, Jean

The Neuroscience of Habituated Motivation

dc.contributor.author	Masala, Alberto
dc.contributor.author	Andler, Daniel
dc.contributor.author	Denizeau, Jean
dc.date.accessioned	2015-12-02T22:13:17Z
dc.date.available	2015-12-02T22:13:17Z
dc.date.issued	2015-03-14
dc.description	This presentation was delivered at the Self, Motivation & Virtue Project's 2015 Interdisciplinary Moral Forum, held at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.	en_US
dc.description.abstract	This project brings together neo-Aristotelian theory of motivational habituation and neuro-cognitive models of skill acquisition, in order to explain why it is so difficult to cultivate extended and sophisticated motivational habits that would not be so easily defeated by akrasia or other unduly situational influences. We will apply Bayesian models of social cognition to the acquisition of moral competences. Bayesian architectures have the virtue of explaining how we unconsciously minimize sophistication in order to reduce bioenergetic costs of learning. But while we prefer heuristic and narrow context-locked skills, sometimes, when environmental conditions justify it, we are able to invest in learning subtle and sophisticated patterns. Elucidating this ambivalent attitude in Bayesian terms will shed light on typical obstacles and unexplored opportunities for the cultivation of sophisticated motivational habits. The team is composed by philosophers working on the naturalization of virtue and computa-tional neuroscientists specializing in motivation.	en_US
dc.description.peerreview	No	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11244/22711
dc.language	en_US	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	SMV Project 2015 Conference;27
dc.subject	Psychology, Cognitive.	en_US
dc.subject	Philosophy	en_US
dc.title	The Neuroscience of Habituated Motivation	en_US
dc.type	Presentation	en_US
ou.group	ISHF::Moral Self Archive::Conferences::2015