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ERIC Number: EJ492271
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1994
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ISSN: ISSN-0033-295X
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The Physiology of Motivation.
Stellar, Eliot
Psychological Review, v101 n2 p301-11 Apr 1994
A theory of the physiology of motivation is presented. The basic assumption is that the amount of motivated behavior is a direct function of the amount of activity in certain excitatory centers of the hypothalamus. Activities of these centers are determined by factors in four general classes. (SLD)
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Emotional Response, Environmental Influences, Models, Motivation, Physiology, Stimuli, Theories
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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