… We propose the OPTIMAL (Optimizing Performance through Intrinsic Motivation and … We
suggest that motivational and attentional factors contribute to performance and learning by …

… optimize their performance. In recent years, researchers in motor learning and performance
… Optimizing performance through intrinsic motivation and attention for learning: the OPTIMAL …

… performance goals on intrinsic motivation and performance and present a multiple-goals
model that examines how pursuing both performance and mastery goals can optimize intrinsic …

… is experienced as intrinsically motivated. The act of achieving a goal is intrinsically motivated
by … Yet most activities lie on a continuum from weakly to strongly intrinsically motivated. …

… “intrinsically motivated” systems … motivated to gain competence in its environment by learning
a number of skills, addressing head-on the mechanism of competence progress motivation …

… neurobiological substrates of intrinsic motivation. In the present article, we trace the history
of intrinsic motivation research, compare and contrast intrinsic motivation to closely related …

… to the concept of interest in the context of intrinsic motivation: “We consider individuals to
be intrinsically motivated when their behavior is motivated by the actual, anticipated, or sought …

… It was predicted and found that subjects who chose the activities and time allotments -in
other words, who had additional self-determination--would be more intrinsically motivated than …

… In contrast, exploitative processes, such as self-efficacy and metacognition, are associated
with refining existing strategies and optimizing performance. These two sets of processes are …

… , performance goals may not impair intrinsic motivation (Dweck, … effects of performance goals
on intrinsic motivation are more … Performance goal manipulations can serve many functions (…