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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Motiv Sci. 2017 Sep;3(3):287–303. doi: 10.1037/mot0000074

Figure 6. Abstract models of the relationship between cognition and motivation.

Figure 6

(A) In the mediation model, the influence of motivation on behavior is mediated via cognitive systems (such as attention). (B) In the integration model, cognitive and motivational systems interact sufficiently strongly that they cannot be decomposed: cognitive and motivation jointly impact behavior. (C) Additional representations of the interactions between perception and cognition with reward motivation). Part C reproduced with permission from Chelazzi et al. (1993).