We’re most enthusiastic about projects when we start and finish them, but intervening hassles can turn determination soft. More
We’re most enthusiastic about projects when we start and finish them, but intervening hassles can turn determination soft. More
Darcia Narvaez, a professor of psychology at the University of Notre Dame and a Fellow at the Institute for Educational Initiatives, has been selected to receive the inaugural Expanded Reason Award. The award, presented by University Francisco de Vitoria, Spain and the Joseph Ratzinger/Benedict XVI Vatican Foundation in recognition of cutting-edge research More
From typing to exercising, racking up meaningless digital points can serve as an effective motivator, as long as the scores are accelerating. More
A sample of new articles exploring implicit sense of agency over somatosensory events and the motivational effects of contingent and noncontingent rewards. More
A field study in Malawi indicates that psychological factors play an important role in whether girls attended school, even under conditions of extreme poverty and deprivation More
A sample of new research exploring parallel processing in a language task, the neural basis of independence versus interdependence orientations, age differences in risky decision making, and switch costs in visual attention. More