How does achievement motivation influence mental effort mobilization? Physiological evidence of deteriorative effects of negative affects on thelevel of engagement

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 236-242

  Capa, Rémi L ^a   Audiffren, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

Achievement motivation; Approach; Avoidance; Facial muscle electromyography; Heart rate variability; Mental effort; Negative affects

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; STANDARD; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AFFECT; BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449533755     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2009.09.007     Document Type: Article

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