Wednesday, 8 November 2017

Article 23 "Interpretation of physiological indicators of motivation: Caveats and recommendations"






Interpretation of physiological indicators of motivation: Caveats and recommendations
Cacioppo and colleagues' model of psychophysiological relations and construct validation theory, to highlight the conditions under which these errors are committed and provide guidance on how to avoid them. In particular, we demonstrate that the direct inference from changes in a physiological measure to changes in a motivation-related state requires the demonstration that the measure is not related to other relevant psychological states.
      
     Psychophysiology is the study of the relationship of mental or behavioral phenomena to physical processes, in particular the study of the spontaneous activity of various physical organs such as from the brain, heart, and muscles during behavior.









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