Anosognosia is a patient’s denial of his or her impairment or illness. The starting point for this chapter is that anosognosia can be considered as a delusion. We sketch the two-factor framework for understanding delusions and how anosognosia would fit into this framework. We set out competing views on the role of motivation in anosognosia and evaluate the prospects for an account of anosognosi...

It is widely accepted that meaningful learning is associated with motivation. It is also widely assumed that learning will eventuate if the process is fun. The English philosopher John Locke (1968) once said, more than 300 years ago, that it would be desirable to make learning a play or recreational activity rather than an assigned task or a have-to-do business. In other cultural settings, this...

INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................... 109 POTENTIAL MOTIVATION AND MOTIVATIONAL ROUSAL ....................... 110 Potential Motivation .............................................................................. 110 Motivational Arousal ............................................................................. 111 EVIDENCE ON TH...

This study used PGSI to measure the motives of online stock exchange gamblers according to their responses about their online gambling. The main aim of the current study is to holistically explore the impact of motivational factors that motivate more usage of online gambling in Pakistan and behavioral factors that investigate the level of implementation of responsible gambling practices on PGSI...

BACKGROUND Main suggested theories about patients' adherence to treatment regimens recognize the importance of motivation in positive changes in behaviors. Since cardiac diseases are chronic and common, cardiac rehabilitation as an effective prevention program is crucial in management of these diseases. There is always concern about the patients' adherence to cardiac rehabilitation. The aim of ...

This study focuses on factors that motivate and demotivate professionals to learn American Sign Language (ASL). Using a qualitative approach known as the Critical Incident Technique (CIT), faculty and staff were asked to reflect on their sign language learning expericences, and their responses were examined for motivational patterns. Principal motivating factors were intrinsic in nature, includ...

Following Wepman (1953), the process of recovery from aphasia is seen as involving stimulation, motivation, and facilitation. The most adequate studies of aphasia therapy outcome focus on facilitation to the virtual exclusion of stimulation and motivation, although clinical experience suggests their importance. Motivation includes both the subjective and experiential aspects of the patient's re...

As the number of online programmes on offer in higher educational settings, continue to increase, there is a wealth of research evidence which highlights the benefits to be gained from teaching and learning through virtual learning environments and online communities. Past reports on the positive influence online communities have on both socialization and learning outcomes recognizes the value ...

This research aims to investigate the adoption of technology by the visual deficient. The technology studied was the Dosvox software, a support tool for the visual deficient produced at NCE/UFRJ. A qualitative method, through a case study, was used to address professional and social expectation and the perception of visual deficiency bearers as to the intrinsic motivational factors (ease-of-use...