Intrinsic motivation refers to people's spontaneous tendencies to be curious and interested,
to seek out challenges and to exercise and develop their skills and knowledge, even in the …

Our actions can be triggered by intentions, incentives or intrinsic values. Recent
neuroscientific research has yielded some results about the growth mindset and intrinsic …

Autonomy, defined as self-regulation and integration in acting, is central to healthy
psychological development and functioning. Classic organismic and dynamic theories have …

Objective This special issue focuses on self‐determination theory (SDT) as an integrative
framework for the wider field of personality research. In this commentary our aims include …

Comprehensive reference on the nature of motivation and emotion, thoroughly updated with
the latest research and findings in the field Understanding Motivation and Emotion seeks to …

This meta-analysis explores the role of the cerebellum in social cognition. Recent meta-
analyses of neuroimaging studies since 2008 demonstrate that the cerebellum is only …

Self-determination theory (SDT) proposes a multidimensional conceptualization of
motivation in which the different regulations are said to fall along a continuum of self …

Numerous studies in the motor learning domain have demonstrated learning advantages of
self-controlled practice relative to yoked conditions. In separate lines of evidence in the …

Rewards have been examined extensively by both psychologists and neuorscientists and
have become one of the most contentious issues in social and educational psychology. In …

The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health framework recognizes
that an individual's functioning post-stroke reflects an interaction between their health …