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Interactions of motivation and cognitive control [PDF]

open access: yesCurrent Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 2018
There is general agreement that both motivation and cognitive control play critical roles in shaping goal-directed behavior, but only recently has scientific interest focused around the question of motivation-control interactions. Here we briefly survey this literature, organizing contemporary findings around three issues: 1) whether motivation ...
Debbie M, Yee, Todd S, Braver
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Autonomy support for autonomous motivation in medical education [PDF]

open access: yesMedical Education Online, 2015
Background: Medical students often study only to fare well in their examinations or pursue a specific specialty, or study only those topics that they perceive to be useful in medical practice.
Rashmi A. Kusurkar, Gerda Croiset
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Achievement Goals and their Underlying Goal Motivation: Does it Matter Why Sport Participants Pursue their Goals?

open access: yesPsychologica Belgica, 2016
This study examined whether the good or bad outcomes associated with mastery-approach (MAP) and performance-approach (PAP) goals depend on the extent to which they are motivated by autonomous or controlled motivation.
Patrick Gaudreau, Arthur Braaten
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The bright and dark side of autonomy: How autonomy support and thwarting relate to student motivation and academic functioning

open access: yesFrontiers in Education, 2023
According to Self-Determination Theory, autonomy support is essential in fostering optimal learning, growth, and functioning in students across all levels. In contrast, autonomy thwarting is associated with student malfunctioning.
Marius O. Johansen   +2 more
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Motivating operations and stimulus control [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 2019
The motivating operations concept has generated substantial conceptual analysis and research interest. Following an analysis of how motivating operations affect behavior, one which emphasizes the interactive role of motivating operations and discriminative stimuli, we propose: a) redefining motivating operations as operations that modulate the ...
Edwards, Timothy L.   +2 more
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The contribution of teachers’ interpersonal behaviors to learners’ autonomous and controlled motivation [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Journal of Emotional Education, 2021
English as a foreign language (EFL) teachers differ in their autonomy-supportive and controlling interpersonal behavioral styles when motivating learners. Drawing upon the self-determination theory (SDT) and the model of interpersonal teacher behavior (
Shima Ahmadi-Azad   +2 more
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Language learning beliefs and motivation of Estonian and non-Estonian students at Estonian-language universities

open access: yesEesti Haridusteaduste Ajakiri, 2023
Selle uurimistöö eesmärk on kirjeldada hariduslike erivajadustega (HEV) õpilaste lugemis- ja matemaatikaoskuste seoseid tava- või eriklassis õppimisega. Valimisse kuulus 3369 kolmanda klassi last (poisse 50%, 209 klassist, 135 koolist) ning 3340 kuuenda
Merilyn Meristo, Anna-Liisa Jõgi
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Validity and reliability evidence for the Behavioral Regulation in Sport Questionnaire with Romanian professional athletes [PDF]

open access: yesPeerJ, 2022
Background Despite the importance attributed to athletes’ motivation in sports performance and well-being; no measures of motivation toward sport were found in the Romanian sport context.
Cristina Ioana Alexe   +5 more
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Dopamine and the motivation of cognitive control [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
The major ascending neuromodulator dopamine has long been implicated in cognitive control. Effects of dopamine-related disorders and the treatment of the cognitive control deficits associated with these disorders are commonly attributed to modulation of the prefrontal cortex.
Cools, R.   +5 more
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Hospital School Students' Academic Motivation and Support Needs: A Self-Determination Perspective

open access: yesFrontiers in Education, 2020
In contrast with the plethora of studies on the academic motivation of regular students in regular educational settings, this study aims to shed light on the motivation and educational support needs of chronically ill children in hospital schools.
Tine Mombaers, Vincent Donche
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