In this article we discuss how incentive motivations and task demands affect performance.
We present a three-factor framework that suggests that performance is determined from the …

Rituals pose a cognitive paradox: although widely used to treat problems, rituals are
causally opaque (ie, they lack a causal explanation for their effects). How is the efficacy of …

Surprising people can provide an opening for influencing them. Surprises garner attention,
are arousing, are memorable, and can prompt shifts in understanding. Less noted is that, as …

Naturalistic decision-making research contrasts with traditional laboratory research along a
number of dimensions. It is typically more observational, more focused on expert …

This investigation explored collaborative problem solving with and without a coach by
analyzing problem-solving (PS) and problem-solving-prompting (PSP) behaviors by group …

Cognitive psychologists have begun to address how motivational factors influence adults'
performance on cognitive tasks. However, little research has examined how different …

Two prominent strands of research on how people make decisions are laboratory studies
(which focus on experiments often involving undergraduates or novice decision makers) and …

The theoretical framework that motivates our research program predicts a three-way
interaction between global incentives, local rewards, and task structure, such that the …

The following paper is a presentation of a proposal for a new approach of an academic
research development framework. The author, reviewing the background of knowledge …