How does motivation interface with 

cognition and behavior

Food motivation and cognition- in what ways
do hunger and desire influence inhibitory control and goal selection?

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Hierarchical motivational control through cortico-striatal circuits –
 There is a good deal of evidence to suggest that distinct neural circuits passing through the basal ganglia process motivational, cognitive and motor-control aspects of goal-directed behaviour.