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The motivational dominant in goal-directed behavior

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Results of experimental studies on discontinuation of the motivational dominants thirst and hunger and the “polarization” motor dominant, taken together with a theoretical analysis of the development to types I and II conditioned reflexes, lead to the conclusion that discontinuation of the motivational dominant plays a key role in organization goal-directed behavior. The activation of reciprocal connections between the appropriate centers provides a basis for the performance of goal-directed behavior.

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  1. Institute of Higher Nervous Activity and Neurophysiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow

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Translated from Zhurnal Vysshei Nervnoi Deyatel'nosti imeni I. P. Pavlova, Vol. 48, No. 4, pp. 581–590, July–August, 1998.

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Pavlygina, R.A. The motivational dominant in goal-directed behavior. Neurosci Behav Physiol 29, 531–537 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02461145

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