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Automatic goals and conscious regulation in social cognitive affective neuroscience

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 April 2014

Chandra Sripada
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI 48109. sripada@umich.eduhttp://sites.lsa.umich.edu/sripada/hosh@med.umich.eduhttp://www.psych.med.umich.edu/profile/?linkid=ho Department of Philosophy, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
John D. Swain
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115. john.swain@cern.chhttp://www.northeastern.edu/physics/people/faculty/john-swain/
S. Shaun Ho
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI 48109. sripada@umich.eduhttp://sites.lsa.umich.edu/sripada/hosh@med.umich.eduhttp://www.psych.med.umich.edu/profile/?linkid=ho
James E. Swain
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI 48109. sripada@umich.eduhttp://sites.lsa.umich.edu/sripada/hosh@med.umich.eduhttp://www.psych.med.umich.edu/profile/?linkid=ho Department of Psychiatry, Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520. jamesswa@med.umich.eduhttp://www.psych.med.umich.edu/profile/?linkid=jamesswa

Abstract

The Selfish Goal model challenges traditional agentic models that place conscious systems at the helm of motivation. We highlight the need for ongoing supervision and intervention of automatic goals by higher-order conscious systems with examples from social cognitive affective neuroscience. We contend that interplay between automatic and supervisory systems is required for adaptive human behavior.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2014 

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