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Reward is anything that stimulates a person to do something. It can be a monetary incentive or a visit to a place of fun that the receiver likes. It can materialistic or a promise that such person will get a particular kind of treatment or feeling for doing a thing. 

The reward center is a part of the brain that is responsible for incentiving good behavior, learning and pleasures in the brain. It is an important part of Medicine. This center in the brain can be triggered by rewards and incentives. It triggers the supposed receiver to do well so that they can receive the price. 


TYPES OF REWARD 

There are different types of rewards. They can be materialistic or otherwise. They include: 

  1. Food
  2. Money
  3. Car
  4. Sex
  5. Travel ticket
  6. Clothes 
  7. Perfume

A reward does not have to be big. So far it makes the person feel special, it tends to make them do the bidding of whoever is offering it. For reward to be strong enough to stimulate the reward center, it must be coming from a trusted person and sometimes some one that is influential, and it must also be something the receiver looks forward to. The reward must be coming from a person that the receiver holds in high esteem. 


ROLE OF REWARD/REWARD CENTER IN SPORT


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Reward is an indispensable part of sports or any competition. Most persons engage in sports because of the feeling of fulfilment it gives to them. Others participate in it because of the reward. For a reward to hold water and be strong enough to stimulate a person's reward center, it must be coming from individuals that the receiver holds in high esteem. The rewards can be from individuals or even the government. 

I read an article about the government promising her players monuments if they come back with the World Cup. This incentive from the government will definitely motivate them to do well. I have also read of the government promising her players hectares of land just to stimulate their reward center and entice them to do better. 

Asides sports, the reward center is stimulated daily by different factors that are most important to the individual.


As this is a special part of the brain that can make work more enticing, the government and individuals can apply this to get the most results out of anything. The sportsmen should never be left behind because if a material reward is added to their personal quest and drive for success, they will do better.


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