Summary: This study (N = 126 students) examined the importance of dispositions of action control (i.e., action-oriented versus state-oriented modes of control) in moderating the extent to which personal-goal commitments depend on (a) the perceived ...
Abstract. The relationship between tics and preceding urges in Tourette syndrome suggests that abnormal internal monitoring is reflected in abnormal perceptual, attentional, and response selection. This article uses ...
Control of Cognition and ActionSummary: Major research efforts of German Psychology at the beginning of the 20th century focussed on the control of cognition. The most relevant empirical and theoretical analyses were published by Müller and Pilzecker (...
Zusammenfassung. Im Allgemeinen führen wir motorische Aktivitäten aus, ohne darüber nachzudenken, durch welche mentalen Zustände wir unseren Körper willentlich in Bewegung versetzen. Was sind dies für Zustände? Sowohl klassische als auch moderne ...
Feature Integration and Retrieval in Action Control – A Perspective Across ParadigmasAbstract. Cognitive psychology research on action control has investigated actions in experimental paradigms that tried to isolate specific aspects ...
Deficits of action control and specific goal intentions in hyperkinetic disorder - I: An action-theoretical frameworkAbstract.Background: In this article an integrative description of hyperkinetic behavior disorders is developed within the theory of ...
Deficits of action control and specific goal intentions in hyperkinetic disorder - II: Empirical resultsAbstract.Background: This article is based on an action-theoretical framework for hyperkinetic behavior disorders. Objective: Two resultant ...
Self-Regulation Within the Application Process: Intra- and Interindividual Differences in Affect and Action OrientationAbstract. Applicants’ experienced affect and its changes during the application process were investigated. ...
Long-term effects of a planning and action control intervention on physical activity of cardiac patients after rehabilitationAbstract. Although good intentions are a necessary prerequisite to change one’s health behavior, they are mostly not sufficient ...
Forming implementation intentions and volitional assistance for people with PAD. Effects of a psychological intervention on the amount of physical activityAbstract. People with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) have several limitations in everyday life, ...
Abstract. Binding between representations of stimuli and actions and later retrieval of these compounds provide efficient shortcuts in action control. Recent observations indicate that these mechanisms are not only ...
After outlining why the notion of conscious control of action matters to us and after distinguishing different challenges to that notion, the contribution focuses on the challenge posed by the literature on unconscious goal pursuit. Based on a conceptual ...