Motivation

"Motivation" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Those factors which cause an organism to behave or act in either a goal-seeking or satisfying manner. They may be influenced by physiological drives or by external stimuli.

Descriptor ID	D009042
MeSH Number(s)	F01.658 F01.752.543.500.750
Concept/Terms	Motivation Motivation Disincentives Disincentives Disincentive Incentives Incentives Incentive

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Psychiatry and Psychology [F]
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms [F01]
Motivation [F01.658]
Personality [F01.752]
Intelligence [F01.752.543]
Emotional Intelligence [F01.752.543.500]
Motivation [F01.752.543.500.750]

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Motivation" by people in this website by year, and whether "Motivation" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 99 publications over 24 distinct years, with a maximum of 9 publications in 2017 and 2018 and 2019

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1994	0	1	1
1995	0	2	2
1998	2	1	3
2001	1	0	1
2002	1	0	1
2003	0	2	2
2004	1	0	1
2005	0	2	2
2006	1	2	3
2007	0	3	3
2008	1	5	6
2009	2	2	4
2010	4	1	5
2011	3	2	5
2012	1	1	2
2013	2	3	5
2014	3	1	4
2015	1	4	5
2016	3	5	8
2017	1	8	9
2018	3	6	9
2019	3	6	9
2020	2	6	8
2021	1	0	1

Below are the most recent publications written about "Motivation" by people in Profiles.

Kendzor DE, Businelle MS, Vidrine DJ, Frank-Pearce SG, Shih YT, Dallery J, Alexander AC, Boozary LK, Waring JJC, Ehlke SJ. Mobile contingency management for smoking cessation among socioeconomically disadvantaged adults: Protocol for a randomized trial. Contemp Clin Trials. 2022 03; 114:106701.

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Burrows K, Figueroa-Hall LK, Kuplicki R, Stewart JL, Alarbi AM, Ramesh R, Savitz JB, Teague TK, Risbrough VB, Paulus MP. Neuronally-enriched exosomal microRNA-27b mediates acute effects of ibuprofen on reward-related brain activity in healthy adults: a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial. Sci Rep. 2022 01 17; 12(1):861.

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Patterson JG, Hinton A, Cooper SE, Wewers ME. Differences in Quit Attempts, Successful Quits, Methods, and Motivations in a Longitudinal Cohort of Adult Tobacco Users by Sexual Orientation. Nicotine Tob Res. 2021 10 07; 23(11):1952-1957.

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Lanning SK, Pardue K, Eliot K, Goumas A, Kettenbach G, Mills B, Lockeman K, Breitbach A, Gunaldo TP. Early-learners' expectations of and experience with IPE: A multi-institutional qualitative study. Nurse Educ Today. 2021 Dec; 107:105142.

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White EJ, Nacke M, Akeman E, Cannon MJ, Mayeli A, Touthang J, Zoubi OA, McDermott TJ, Kirlic N, Santiago J, Kuplicki R, Bodurka J, Paulus MP, Craske MG, Wolitzky-Taylor K, Abelson J, Martell C, Clausen A, Stewart JL, Aupperle RL. P300 amplitude during a monetary incentive delay task predicts future therapy completion in individuals with major depressive disorder. J Affect Disord. 2021 12 01; 295:873-882.

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Martinez SA, Hasan A, Beebe LA, Cheney MK. Smoking Behaviors of General Educational Development (GED) Recipients. Subst Use Misuse. 2021; 56(11):1707-1714.

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Oliver JA, Sweitzer MM, Engelhard MM, Hallyburton MB, Ribisl KM, McClernon FJ. Identifying neural signatures of tobacco retail outlet exposure: Preliminary validation of a "community neuroscience" paradigm. Addict Biol. 2021 09; 26(5):e13029.

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Burrows K, Stewart JL, Kuplicki R, Figueroa-Hall L, Spechler PA, Zheng H, Guinjoan SM, Savitz JB, Kent Teague T, Paulus MP. Elevated peripheral inflammation is associated with attenuated striatal reward anticipation in major depressive disorder. Brain Behav Immun. 2021 03; 93:214-225.

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White EJ, Kuplicki R, Stewart JL, Kirlic N, Yeh HW, Paulus MP, Aupperle RL. Latent variables for region of interest activation during the monetary incentive delay task. Neuroimage. 2021 04 15; 230:117796.

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Branscum PW, Williams DM, Rhodes RE. Are current elicitation techniques for barriers and enablers confounded with motivation? How natural language may hinder theory-guided research. Br J Health Psychol. 2021 09; 26(3):839-860.

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