Self-Determination, Self-Regulation, and the Brain: Autonomy Improves Performance by Enhancing Neuroaffective Responsiveness to Self-Regulation Failure.
The importance of autonomous motivation in improving self-regulation has been a focal topic of motivation research for almost 3 decades. Despite this extensive research, however, there has not yet been a mechanistic account of how autonomous motivation works to boost self-regulatory functioning. To...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Personality & Social Psychology Vol. 105; no. 1; pp. 123 - 139 |
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American Psychological Association
Jul2013
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