The motivation to eat in humans is a complex process influenced by intrinsic mechanisms relating to the hunger and satiety cascade, and extrinsic mechanisms based on the appetitive incentive value of individual foods, which can themselves induce desire. This study was designed to investigate the neural basis of these two factors contributing to the control of motivation to eat within the same e...

In conservation projects in and around protected areas (PAs), a suite of policy instruments are used to promote conservation behavior in local people. Few studies have related psychological research on motivational values to conservation in PAs. We conducted a systematic review of 120 peer-reviewed articles to assess the relative frequencies of policy instruments that aimed to foster intrinsic ...

Theories of management and work motivation distinguish between two kinds of rewards--extrinsic and intrinsic. Extrinsic rewards are ones such as money and verbal reinforcement which are mediated outside of the person, whereas intrinsic rewards are mediated within the person. We say a person is intrinsically motivated to perform an activity if there is no apparent reward except the activity itse...

This meta-analysis aims to shed light on the added value of complex multidimensional view motivation Self-determination theory (SDT). We assess unique and incremental validity each SDT’s types in predicting organizational behavior, examine core proposition that increasing self-determined should have increasingly positive outcomes. Meta-analytic findings (124 samples) support SDT, but also adds ...

Motivation is an attitude that influences a person to achieve specific goals. Grit persistence goals over the long term. This study aimed determine motivation and of students in learning English. used quantitative descriptive design. The subjects this were 102 at LP3I College Bengkulu. data collection technique was questionnaire survey using Google Form. calculated percentage. findings indicate...

Motivation moderately influences brain-computer interface (BCI) performance in healthy subjects when monetary reward is used to manipulate extrinsic motivation. However, the motivation of severely paralyzed patients, who are potentially in need for BCI, could mainly be internal and thus, an intrinsic motivator may be more powerful. Also healthy subjects who participate in BCI studies could be i...

a study on the academic motivation and its relation with individual state and academic achievement on basic medical students of urmia university of medical sciences     roshan milan s [1] , aghaii monvar i [2] , kheradmand f [3] , saboory e [4] , mikaili p [5] , masudi s [6] , motazakker m [7] *     received: 29july, 2011 accepted: 28august, 2011     abstract   background & aims : the learning ...

Despite a widespread concern with the well-being of elderly people, very little is known about the motivation behind everyday behaviours in old age. In this paper a theoretical framework that has been found useful in research on young adults is suggested as a promising direction for research on the psychology of motivation in the elderly. This framework (Deci & Ryan, 1985a) posits the existence...

Motivation has long been identified as one of the main factors affecting English language learning. The study examines type and level ESP learning motivation (extrinsic intrinsic) 148 first-year undergraduate students Klaipeda University well their attitudes towards language. Identification kind students’ to will help formulate measures for improvement subject quality.