To do it or to let an automatic tool do it?: The priority of control over effort

Experimental Psychology

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 453-468

  Osiurak, François ^a   Wagner, Clara ^a   Djerbi, Sara ^a   Navarro, Jordan ^a  

^a Lyon University   (France)

Author keywords

Automatic tool use; Boredom; Decision making; Need for control; Physical and cognitive effort; Principle of least effort

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATIC TOOL USE; AUTOMATION; BOREDOM; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEED FOR CONTROL; PHYSICAL AND COGNITIVE EFFORT; PRINCIPLE OF LEAST EFFORT; YOUNG ADULT;

AUTOMATIC TOOL USE; BOREDOM; DECISION MAKING; NEED FOR CONTROL; PHYSICAL AND COGNITIVE EFFORT; PRINCIPLE OF LEAST EFFORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOMATION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888601247     PISSN: 16183169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1618-3169/a000219     Document Type: Article

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