Conation
[koh-ney-shuhn]
the part of mental
life having to do with striving,
including desire and volition
Conation
intersects with
cognition
and emotion.
Conation is predictive and affective.
What we want colors what we learn and remember,
which determines what we perceive and understand.
Research in the Adcock laboratory is concerned with the
neuroscience of how this happens.