Talk:Motivation and emotion/Book/2017/Neurotransmitters and motivation

Helpful reference

Hi Stephanie, I am really interested to see how your book chapter develops, as I am personally interested in how neurotransmitters can influence our motivation and affect our daily functioning. I found an interesting article which looks at the impact that serotonin and dopamine have on human motivation. I thought it might be a useful starting reference. Hebart, M. N., & Gläscher, J. (2015;2014;). Serotonin and dopamine differentially affect appetitive and aversive general pavlovian-to-instrumental transfer. Psychopharmacology, 232(2), 437-451. doi:10.1007/s00213-014-3682-3 Gemma --U3119414 (discuss • contribs) 05:28, 2 September 2017 (UTC)

Quickstart tip

Hi Stephanie :) A quick tip that might be helpful: if you want to 'quick start' your chapter check the instructions in the purple box on the Book chapter - Author guidelines page. This adds template material and creates an initial structure, which is what I've done so far to get started on my chapter. Hope this helps! U3012363 (discuss • contribs) 02:28, 14 August 2017 (UTC)

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FYI, the convention on Wikiversity is for lower-cased headings. For example, use: ==Cats and dogs== rather than ==Cats and Dogs== -- Jtneill - Talk - c 00:57, 1 September 2017 (UTC)

Hello Stephanie

Hello! I am interested to see how your page develops. As you know, I'm doing Misophonia (thank you for your comments, by the way!), I'm not sure if our topics have a connection but I'll be checking by later just in case. Kind regards, u100155. --U100155 (discuss • contribs) 09:38, 1 September 2017 (UTC)

Quiz

Hi there Stephanie! Love your topic (I am currently doing a topic on the hypothalamus and motivation - so obviously of a biological focus too). I noticed you haven't included a quiz yet, and whilst not required this may help with your topic. I find that our topics with main physiological focuses can become really dense with information and it is hard to keep the reader focussed on the topic. I find adding a quiz breaks up content and lets the reader engage with your content. I hope you don't mind but I have copied the template from the plain chapter and added it to your chapter page (It can be easily deleted) If you want more information on how to edit this quiz you can also go here ( For more information, see Help:Quiz.) All the best with your chapter! --U3144362 (discuss • contribs) 11:56, 16 October 2017 (UTC)u3144362 10:56PM

Hello Stephanie

Hello, as stated above, I am also very interested as to how your page develops. I am doing how neurotransmitters and emotion interact which is similar to your topic. I have come across an interesting TED talk about motivation. May be worth a quick listen TED Talk: The psychology of self-motivation - Scott Geller. All the best, Karl u3028335 6:00pm, 3 September 2017.

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FYI, the convention on Wikiversity is for lower-cased headings. For example, use: ==Cats and dogs== rather than ==Cats and Dogs== -- Jtneill - Talk - c 13:25, 17 October 2017 (UTC)

Topic development review and feedback

The topic development has been reviewed according to the marking criteria. Written feedback is provided below, plus there is a general feedback page. Please also check the chapter's page history to check for editing changes made whilst reviewing through the chapter. Responses to this feedback can be made by starting a new section below and/or contacting the reviewer. Topic development marks will be available later via Moodle. Keep an eye on Announcements. Note that marks are based on what was available before the due date, whereas the comments may also be based on all material available at time of providing this feedback.

Title, sub-title, TOC Good Text and casing corrected User page Created Used effectively Social contribution Summarise (don't paste) the contribution and provide a direct link to evidence The best links go to direct evidence of the contributions made. View the page history, select the version of the page before and after your contributions, click "compare selected revisions", and then use this website address as a direct link to evidence for listing on your user page. For more info, see the book chapter author guidelines. Section headings Basic, 1-level heading structure - would benefit from further development, perhaps using a 2-level structure. Rather than effects on mental health - how about effects on motivation? (i.e., address the topic!) What are the main theories? What is the most important research in this area? Case study/examples/applications? Key points Some key points are well developed, others need more work How about a table which summarises the motivational effect of each neurotranmitter as a way to organise the key points? Include in-text interwiki links for the first mention of key terms to relevant Wikipedia articles. Consider including more examples/case studies. Consider embedding one quiz question per major section rather than having one longer quiz towards the end. Image None embedded References Good. For full APA style: Use correct capitalisation Use correct italicisation (e.g., do not italicise commas) Use the new recommended format for dois - http://blog.apastyle.org/apastyle/2014/07/how-to-use-the-new-doi-format-in-apa-style.html Resources See also Very good Use bullet-points Include more details in brackets e.g., (Book chapter, 2016) Remove capitalisation e.g., Serotonin and Motivation -> Serotonin and motivation External links None provided

-- Jtneill - Talk - c 13:25, 17 October 2017 (UTC)

Articles that might be useful...

Hi Stephanie, Just thought I'd chuck a couple of references your way, which might help (you may already be super-organised so I apologise in advance if this is just info-overload at this stage!).

Anyway, this one is about dopamine and cocaine, and how cocaine affects the release of dopamine in rats, and how rats become motivated to look for more cocaine. LeBlanc, K.H., Maidment, N.T., & Ostlund, S.B. (2014). Impact of repeated intravenous cocaine administration on incentive motivation depends of mode of drug delivery. Addiction Biology, 19(6), 965-971. https://doi.org/10.1111/adb.12063 It might not be super-relevant but it is interesting because it might help explain the motivation behind cocaine addiction.

The next one is about dopamine and light. It showed that reduced dopamine reduced motivation to work for non-pharmacological reward (!!) and also that dopamine doesnt necessarily affect mood. Cawley, E.I., Park, S., aan het Rot, M., Sancton, K., Benkelfat, C., Young, S.N., Boivin, D.B., & Leyton, M. (2013). Dopamine and light: dissecting effects on mood and motivational states in women with subsyndromal seasonal affective disorder. Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, 38(6), 388-397. https://doi.org/10.1503/jpn.120181

Finally, this one: Achterberg, E.J.M., van Kerkhof, L.W.M., Servadio, M., van Swieten, M.M.H., Houwing, D.J., Aalderink, m., Driel, N.V., Trezza, V., & Vanderschuren, L.J.M.J. (2016). Contrasting roles of dopamine and noradrenaline in the motivational properties of social play behaviour in rats. Neuropsychopharmacology, 41(3), 858-868. https://doi.org/10.1038/npp.2015.212 found that dopamine increased motivation for social play while noradrenaline decreased it – in rats at least! Hope these articles might be of some use! Kind regards, Linda. --U100155 (discuss • contribs) 05:24, 21 October 2017 (UTC)

Chapter review and feedback

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Overall Overall, this is a problematic chapter which exhibits only a very basic understanding of the role of neurotransmitters (often confused with hormones) in motivation. For additional feedback, see these copyedits. Theory The opening statement and conceptualisation of neurotransmitters is problematic - "Neurotransmitters are released throughout the brain to help regulate bodily systems..." - neurotransmitters facilitate communication between neurons, rather than regulation of bodily systems which is done by hormones. The notion that neurotransmitter imbalance will depress motivation is also problematic - it may also facilitate motivation. Cortisol, adrenalin, oxytocin etc. are hormones, not neurotransmitters There is a lack of understanding about what neurotransmitters are and how they function to affect motivation. Research There is limited reporting of relevant research. When describing important research findings, indicate the size of effects in addition to whether or not there was an effect or relationship. Greater emphasis on major reviews and meta-analyses would be helpful. Several statements were unreferenced - see the tags Written expression Written expression The chapter appears to be underdeveloped and incomplete. The chapter could have benefited from a more developed Overview and Conclusion, with clearer focus question(s) (Overview) and take-home self-help message for each focus question (Conclusion). Some statements could be explained more clearly - see the and tags Avoid one sentence paragraphs. A paragraph should typically consist of three to five sentences. Learning features Use in-text interwiki links, rather than external links, for the first mention of key terms to relevant Wikipedia articles. No use of images, tables, quizzes etc. APA style References are not in full APA style (e.g., check and correct capitalisation, spaces between author initials, new doi format, do not include issue numbers for journals which are continuously numbered within volumes etc.) No external links were provided

Book chapter resubmission feedback

These changes were reviewed. Comments:

1. The Overview is more catchy. Focus questions could be a helpful addition.
2. The description of hormones and who they work is much improved.
3. A very helpful summary table about the motivational effects of various hormones has been added.
4. Some and tags were removed without providing an appropriate citation or further information .
5. The Conclusion still lacks detail and practical, take-home messages.
6. There are some minor improvements to the formatting of the references.

-- Jtneill - Talk - c 03:13, 11 December 2017 (UTC)

Multimedia feedback

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Overall Overall, this is a creative, video-based presentation, but it does not successfully communicate the motivational functions of neurotransmitters generally, and each major type of neurotransmitter on motivation, based on the best available psychological theory and research, with examples, and practical take-home messages. Structure and content What are the key points about the motivational function of neurotransmitters and of each major type of neurotransmitter? Add and narrate a Title slide, to help the viewer understanding the focus and goal of the presentation. Add and narrate an Overview slide, to help orientate the viewer about what will be covered. The presentation could be strengthened by adding a Conclusion slide with practical, take-home messages. There were no citations, so why included references? Communication The presentation is engaging, but somewhat difficult to follow. For example, the names of the neurotransmitters on the pieces of paper are hard to read, making the acted video illustrations somewhat difficult to follow. Production quality The presentation is well under the maximum time limit, so there is room to add a Title slide, Overview slide, and Conclusion slide to communicate key points whilst retaining the potential for engaging video examples. No link was provided from the Book Chapter to the Multimedia Presentation - this has now been added. Use the full chapter title and sub-title on the opening slide and in the name of the video because this helps to match the book chapter and to clearly convey the purpose of the presentation. Audio recording quality was a bit quiet in some places (e.g., for the actors).

-- Jtneill - Talk - c 11:16, 28 November 2017 (UTC)