Mental effort is an elementary notion in our folk psychology and a familiar fixture in everyday
introspective experience. However, as an object of scientific study, mental effort has …

Research on cognitive control and executive function has long recognized the relevance of
motivational factors. Recently, however, the topic has come increasingly to center stage, with …

Как говорит знаменитый приматолог и нейробиолог Роберт Сапольски, если вы хотите
понять поведение человека и природу хорошего или плохого поступка, вам придется …

Self-determination theory is a broad and widely applied theory of motivation, personality
development, and wellness. The theory began with a narrow focus on intrinsic motivation but …

This research draws on protection motivation theory, temporal construal theory, and self‐
determination theory to understand consumption practices during a pandemic crisis by …

Storytelling is a human universal. From gathering around the camp-fire telling tales of
ancestors to watching the latest television box-set, humans are inveterate producers and …

Failures of self-control are thought to underlie various important behaviors (eg, addiction,
violence, obesity, poor academic achievement). The modern conceptualization of self …

Self-control refers to the mental processes that allow people to override thoughts and
emotions, thus enabling behavior to vary adaptively from moment to moment. Dominating …

Why does performing certain tasks cause the aversive experience of mental effort and
concomitant deterioration in task performance? One explanation posits a physical resource …

Self-regulation is a core aspect of adaptive human behavior that has been studied, largely in
parallel, through the lenses of social and personality psychology as well as cognitive …