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Session one will include a battery of cognitive assessments and a demonstration of the reward-based learning task in session two. The experimental imaging task session will be done within one week of session one. Participants will been randomly split into two group: group one will complete a reward-based learning task before the VTA activation task and group two will complete reward task after VTA activation. During the VTA activation task, participants will be instructed to achieve a heightened state of motivation using personally relevant thoughts and imagery.",[13],"Behavioral: Ventral tegmental area of dopaminergic midbrain (VTA) fMRI neurofeedback",{"label":15,"type":10,"description":16,"interventionNames":17},"Intentional Midbrain Activation Effects on Effort-Based Decision Making","Participants will be randomly assigned to an MRI group or a behavioral control group. All participants will complete an effort-based learning task and a series of questionnaires in session one. Session two may include an MRI based on group assignment. Participants in the MRI group will complete the VTA activation task. Following, they will complete the effort task and questionnaires a second time. The behavioral control group will complete a second session consisting of the effort task and questionnaires.",[13],{"label":19,"type":10,"description":20,"interventionNames":21},"Intentional Midbrain Activation Effects on Motivated Memory","Participants will take part in four sessions: visit 1-baseline + memory encoding, visit 2-memory retrieval, visit 3-memory encoding, visit 4-memory retrieval). Encoding and retrieval of the memoranda will occur 24 hours apart. Study visits will take place no more than 7 days apart. One group of participants will complete all sessions at the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience. 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Participants who worked with metal may be allowed to participate on a case-by-case basis with prior written approval from BIAC.\n* Claustrophobia or unwillingness to tolerate the confinement associated with being in the MRI scanner.\n* Weight of more than 250 pounds",true,"ALL","18 Years","45 Years",{"count":78,"type":79},190,"ESTIMATED","INTERVENTIONAL",[82],"NA","The purpose of this research study is to understand how healthy individuals self-regulate motivation by observing brain activity using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).",[85,86,87],"Motivation","Memory","Self-regulation","2025-08-21",{"date":90,"type":91},"2025-08-22","ACTUAL",{"date":93,"type":91},"2023-07-30",{"date":95,"type":79},"2026-09-09",{"name":5,"class":6},1]