报告题目：A surprising source of self-motivation: Prior competence frustration strengthens one’s intrinsic motivation in the current activity
报告人：孟亮 副教授 上海外国语大学
时 间：2018年5月15日（周二）上午10: 00
地 点：管理学院第二会议室
报告内容摘要：
Competence frustration was widely reported to be a demotivator, which would undermine one’s intrinsic motivation in the same activity. However, recent evidences from behavioral studies suggested a need restoration process, according to which competence frustration in a preceding activity might facilitate one’s intrinsic motivation in a subsequent one. In order to explore whether there is a direct causal relationship between the two variables, in an electrophysiological study we adopted a between-group experimental design and manipulated one’s competence frustration through task difficulty. Participants in both groups were instructed to work on different tasks in two successive sessions respectively. While those in the control group worked on tasks of medium difficulty in both sessions, in the first session we set a high difficulty for participants in the experimental group. In the second session, an enlarged feedback-related negativity loss-win difference wave (d-FRN) was observed for participants in the experimental group, indicating that they were more intrinsically motivated to win after experiencing competence frustration. Thus, results of the present study provided original neural evidence for the causal relationship between competence frustration in a preceding activity and subsequent intrinsic motivation.
【报告人简介】
孟亮，上海外国语大学国际工商管理学院副教授、硕士生导师，博士毕业于浙江大学管理学院。上海市晨光学者、浙江省优秀博士学位论文、浙江大学优秀博士学位论文、浙江大学最高荣誉“竺可桢奖”获得者，管理科学与工程学会神经管理与神经工程研究会理事、中国技术经济学会神经科技与经济管理专业委员会委员。目前担任瑞士国家科学基金评阅专家、国家自然科学基金评议专家、International Journal of Psychophysiology等知名国际学术期刊的评阅人。主要研究方向为基于意义追寻的工作动机，主持包括国家自然科学基金、教育部人文社会科学研究一般项目、浙江省哲学社会科学规划重点课题在内的多项基金。科研成果发表于Behavioural Brain Research/ Social Neuroscience/ International Journal of Psychophysiology等SSCI/SCI收录的知名国际期刊，获得《阿贝赛报》、《郝芬顿邮报》、《参考消息》、《钱江晚报》、澎湃新闻、浙江电视台等国内外媒体报道。
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