The ability to adaptively regulate emotion is essential for mental and physical well-being.
How should we organize the myriad ways people attempt to regulate their emotions? We …

In this article, literature from neuroscience, cognitive psychology, and social cognition is
integrated to discuss the relation between goals, attention, and consciousness. Goals are …

Research dealing with various aspects of the theory of planned behavior (Ajzen, 1985,
Ajzen, 1987) is reviewed, and some unresolved issues are discussed. In broad terms, the …

Understanding the division of labor between conscious processes and unconscious ones is
central to our understanding of the human mind. This article proposes a simple “Yes It …

This chapter begins by discussing personality traits and attitudes, two broad internal
dispositions, and their relations to behavior. Such dispositions influence general patterns of …

Arguing from the nature of goal pursuit and from the economy of mental resources this article
suggests that automatic goal pursuit, much like its controlled counterpart, may be flexible …

Working Memory (WM) plays a crucial role in many high-level cognitive processes (eg,
reasoning, decision making, goal pursuit and cognitive control). The prevalent view holds …

T he experience of positive emotion is generally associated with, and even leads to, positive
outcomes (Fredrickson, Cohn, Coffey, Pek, & Finkel, 2008; Lyubomirsky, King, & Diener …

Willful acts are familiar experiences in daily life. Having pancakes for breakfast, making a
doctor's appointment, and watching the evening news on television are perceived as …

Recent work has discovered that human goal pursuit can emerge in the absence of
conscious awareness. Whereas the evidence of these goal priming effects is mounting, it …