Stimulating the striatum changes how people weigh mental effort against rewards

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Choosing whether to tackle or complete a difficult task often entails weighing the rewards that we could gain from this task against the mental effort it will require. For instance, a larger payment could make a challenging professional assignment seem more appealing, while a small payment might convince us that it is not worth the effort.

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