Effort-based decisions, in which people weigh potential future rewards against effort costs
required to achieve those rewards involve both cognitive and physical effort, though the …

Addressing the pressing need for urban sustainability, we propose an innovative framework
for quantifying and rewarding pro-environmental behaviors among urban residents. The …

Life-long engagement in cognitively demanding activities may mitigate against declines in
cognitive ability observed in healthy or pathological aging. However, the “mental costs” …

In this tutorial, we introduce the reader to analyzing ecological momentary assessment
(EMA) data as applied in psychological sciences with the use of Bayesian (generalized) …

In an era marked by technological progress and escalating environmental concerns,
businesses must swiftly reconcile sustainability with digital innovation and evolving …

Making choices about whether and when to engage cognitive effort are a common feature of
everyday experience, with important consequences for academic, career, and health …

An important finding in the cognitive effort literature has been that sensitivity to the costs of
effort varies between individuals, suggesting that some people find effort more aversive than …

This tutorial introduces the reader to analyzing ecological momentary assessment (EMA)
data as applied in psychological sciences with the use of Bayesian (generalized) linear …

Why do the decisions we make sometimes feel quick and effortless while other times long
and effortful? My thesis explores the feeling and exertion of mental effort in both objective …

Older adults tend to report greater emotional wellbeing than their younger counterparts and
this has been deemed the “paradox of aging” due to its contrast with normative declines in …