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The Influence of Identity Within-Person and Between Behaviours: A 12-Week Repeated Measures Study [PDF]
Behavioral SciencesPeople act in ways that align with the values and roles that constitute their identity. However, the consistency of identity’s influence across different behaviours, and whether identity influences behaviours directly or indirectly via intention, self ...
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Mood fluctuations shift cost–benefit tradeoffs in economic decisions
Scientific Reports, 2023 Mood effects on economic choice seem blatantly irrational, but might rise from mechanisms adapted to natural environments. We have proposed a theory in which mood helps adapting the behaviour to statistical dependencies in the environment, by biasing the
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Nature Communications, 2022 The prefrontal cortex is involved in goal-directed behaviour. Here the authors show that medial prefrontal cortex activates goal-directed motivation and dopamine neurons via a feedback loop with the anteromedial thalamus.
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A computational account of why more valuable goals seem to require more effortful actions
eLife, 2022 To decide whether a course of action is worth pursuing, individuals typically weigh its expected costs and benefits. Optimal decision-making relies upon accurate effort cost anticipation, which is generally assumed to be performed independently from goal
Emmanuelle Bioud +2 more
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BMC Public Health, 2023 Background Many parents express concern about the impact of talking to children about weight on their self-esteem and wellbeing. The aim of this study was to explore the perceived relevance, utility and acceptability of new guidance for parents on ...
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 IntroductionMeaning is an important psychological resource both in situations of accomplishment and in situations of ongoing adversity and psychological crisis.
Olga Kalashnikova +3 more
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A growing concern for meaning: Exploring the links between ego development and eudaimonia
Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 IntroductionEudaimonia, in contrast to hedonia, is theorized to be a more complex type of positive functioning that involves personal growth and is guided by the pursuit of meaning.
Evgeny N. Osin +3 more
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Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2015 The current study compared the effects of informative and confirmatory feedback on brain activation during negative feedback processing. For confirmatory feedback trials, participants were informed that they had failed the task, whereas informative ...
Yeon-Kyoung eWoo +5 more
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A neuro-computational account of procrastination behavior
Nature Communications, 2022 Most humans procrastinate to some extent, despite adverse consequences. Here, the authors show that how much an individual procrastinates, both in the lab and at home, relates to brain signals that reflect temporal discounting of effort cost.
Le Bouc Raphaël, Pessiglione Mathias
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Motivation and Organizational Culture on Performance with Self-efficacy Mediation [PDF]
, 2016 The study aims to determine firstly the direct effect of motivation on performance,secondly the indirect effect of motivation on performance mediated by self efficacy, thirdlythe direct influence of organizational culture on the performance, and lastly ...
Heriningsih, S. (Sucahyo) +1 more
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