How Motivation Affects Cardiovascular Response: Mechanisms and Applications - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1433810263 ISBN 13 : 9781433810268

Editeur : American Psychological Association, 2011

Synopsis

This book conveys the amount and diversity of motivationally based cardiovascular (CV) response research that currently is being conducted. Chapters discuss mechanisms of motivational influence on CV response and apply motivational approaches to studying CV response in different life circumstances. Health implications are considered throughout.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Rex A. Wright, PhD, is a professor of psychology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He received his BA at the University of Texas in Austin and his PhD at the University of Kansas, and he did his postdoctoral training at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.
 
Dr. Wright's research is concerned chiefly with determinants and cardiovascular consequences of effort. He has authored numerous publications, including research articles, book chapters, and books. He also has held numerous visiting academic appointments, including ones at the Max Planck Institute (Germany), the University of Bielefeld (Germany), the University of Erlangen amp ndash Nuremberg (Germany), the University of Geneva (Switzerland), the University of Maryland at College Park, the University of Missouri at Columbia, and the University of Texas at Austin.
 
Dr. Wright's visits have been supported in part by the Fulbright Program, the German Academic Exchange Service, and the Swiss National Science Foundation. His research has been supported by various granting agencies, most notably the National Science Foundation.
 
Dr. Wright currently serves as an associate editor for the journal Motivation and Emotion.
 
Guido H. E. Gendolla, PhD, is a professor of psychology at the University of Geneva (Switzerland), where he holds the chair for motivation psychology and directs the Geneva Motivation Lab. He earned his diploma (corresponding to the MA) and his PhD in psychology at the University of Bielefeld (Germany). He earned his habilitation in psychology at the University of Erlangen amp ndash Nuremberg (Germany).
 
Dr. Gendolla's research focuses on human motivation and affective states and is mainly concerned with psychophysiological processes. He has authored numerous publications, and his research has been supported by various grants from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) and the Swiss National Funds.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: American Psychological Association
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1433810263
• ISBN 13: 9781433810268
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 424
• Éditeur: Wright Rex A., Gendolla Guido H. E.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible