APS

2023 APS Annual Convention

Effort and Exhaustion: New Insights from a Multi-Method Perspective

Friday, May 26, 2023 · Washington, DC

Oral · General

This symposium presents new insights in the psychological factors influencing effort and exhaustion in a multimethod perspective. Four labs’ contributions highlight the capacity limitations of mental effort, the impact of subjective expectations on exhaustion, the role of choice in resource mobilization, and the consequences of exhaustion for impulse control.

Chairs & Discussants

  • Guido GendollaChair
    University of Geneva
  • Alexandra FreundCoChair
    University of Zurich

Presentations

  1. The Psychometrics of Rational Inattention and the Cost of Mental EffortSebastian Musslick, Ham Huang, Amitai Shenhav, Jonathan Cohen, Ivan Grahek, Laura Bustamante, et al.
  2. The Effect of Contextual Framing on Exhaustion and RecoveryAlexandra Freund
  3. Task Choice Shields Against Implicit Affective Impact on EffortGuido Gendolla, Yann Bouzidi, David Framorando, Johanna Falk, Gabriele Oettingen, Peter Gollwitzer
  4. Fatigue’s Multifaceted Influence on Self-Control: An Emerging Analysis of Behavioral Restraint IntensityChristopher Mlynski, Rex Wright, Leopold Roth, Ruth King, Veronika Job