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Formal models of “resource depletion”

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 December 2013

Hilde M. Huizenga ,
Maurits W. van der Molen ,
Anika Bexkens  and
Wery P. M. van den Wildenberg
Hilde M. Huizenga
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam, 1018 XA, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. h.m.huizenga@uva.nl http://home.medewerker.uva.nl/h.m.huizenga/ m.w.vandermolen@gmail.com http://home.medewerker.uva.nl/m.w.vandermolen/ a.bexkens@uva.nl http://home.medewerker.uva.nl/a.bexkens/index.html w.p.m.vandenwildenberg@uva.nl http://home.medewerker.uva.nl/w.p.m.vandenwildenberg/ Cognitive Science Center Amsterdam, University of Amsterdam, 1018 WS Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Maurits W. van der Molen
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam, 1018 XA, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. h.m.huizenga@uva.nl http://home.medewerker.uva.nl/h.m.huizenga/ m.w.vandermolen@gmail.com http://home.medewerker.uva.nl/m.w.vandermolen/ a.bexkens@uva.nl http://home.medewerker.uva.nl/a.bexkens/index.html w.p.m.vandenwildenberg@uva.nl http://home.medewerker.uva.nl/w.p.m.vandenwildenberg/
Anika Bexkens
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam, 1018 XA, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. h.m.huizenga@uva.nl http://home.medewerker.uva.nl/h.m.huizenga/ m.w.vandermolen@gmail.com http://home.medewerker.uva.nl/m.w.vandermolen/ a.bexkens@uva.nl http://home.medewerker.uva.nl/a.bexkens/index.html w.p.m.vandenwildenberg@uva.nl http://home.medewerker.uva.nl/w.p.m.vandenwildenberg/ Cognitive Science Center Amsterdam, University of Amsterdam, 1018 WS Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Wery P. M. van den Wildenberg
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam, 1018 XA, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. h.m.huizenga@uva.nl http://home.medewerker.uva.nl/h.m.huizenga/ m.w.vandermolen@gmail.com http://home.medewerker.uva.nl/m.w.vandermolen/ a.bexkens@uva.nl http://home.medewerker.uva.nl/a.bexkens/index.html w.p.m.vandenwildenberg@uva.nl http://home.medewerker.uva.nl/w.p.m.vandenwildenberg/ Cognitive Science Center Amsterdam, University of Amsterdam, 1018 WS Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Abstract

The opportunity cost model (OCM) aims to explain various phenomena, among which the finding that performance degrades if executive functions are used repeatedly (“resource depletion”). We argue that an OCM account of resource depletion requires two unlikely assumptions, and we discuss an alternative that does not require these assumptions. This alternative model describes the interplay between executive function and motivation.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 36 , Issue 6 , December 2013 , pp. 694 - 695
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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