Automatic effort mobilization and the principle of resource conservation: One can only prime the possible and justified

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 803-816

  Silvestrini, Nicolas ^a   Gendolla, Guido H E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Automaticity; Effort; Motivation; Priming; Self regulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORK; YOUNG ADULT;

BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PHYSICAL EXERTION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WORK; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880986457     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0031995     Document Type: Article

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