APS

31st APS Annual Convention

Brain and Body in Cognitive Effort

Friday, May 24, 2019 · Washington, DC

Oral · Biological/Neuroscience

This symposium presents new insights in the involvement of brain and body activity during cognitive effort mobilization. The contributions inform about fresh insights in a fundamental and highly important research topic: How the central and autonomic nervous systems contribute to how people execute action and mobilize its necessary resources.

Chairs & Discussants

  • Guido GendollaChair
    University of Geneva

Presentations

  1. A Curvilinear Effect of Task Demand on Mental EffortRemi Capa, Charlotte Mallat, Julien Cegarra, Christophe Calmettes
  2. Task Context Effects on Effort Mobilization: The Case of Implicit AffectGuido Gendolla, David Framorando
  3. Neurocomputational Mechanisms of Motivation for Effortful BehaviorEliana Vassena
  4. Motivational Intensity in Intrinsic MotivationRicardo Wilhelm, Matt Miller, Philip Gable