Jake Ryan Embrey
Biographic Data
| ID | 10197497 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jake Ryan Embrey |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jake Ryan |
| FAMILY NAME | Embrey |
| SIGNATURE | EMBREY J R |
| AFFILIATIONS | UNSW Sydney |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8988-8960 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Too hard, too easy, or just right? The effects of context on effort and boredom aversion
Despite people’s general desire to avoid cognitive effort, there is a limit to our parsimony: boredom, a state defined by a lack of successful mental engagement, is found to be similarly aversive. The work presented here investigates how context – the alternative tasks present and the environmental context – impacts people’s aversion to exerting cognitive effort and avoiding boredom via a demand-selection task. In a population of undergraduate st…
The non-unitary nature of information preference
Factors affecting information-seeking behaviour can be task-endogenous (e.g., probability of winning a gamble), or task-exogenous (e.g., personality trait measures). Various task-endogenous factors affecting non-instrumental information-seeking behaviour have been identified, but it is unclear how task-exogenous factors affect such behaviour, and if they interact with task-endogenous factors. In an online information seeking experiment ( N = 279)…
Is all mental effort equal? The role of cognitive demand-type on effort avoidance
Humans are often termed "cognitive misers" for their aversion to mental effort. Both in and outside the laboratory people often show preferences for low-effort tasks and are willing to forgo financial reward to avoid more demanding alternatives. Mental effort, however, does not seem to be ubiquitously avoided: people play crosswords, board games, and read novels, all as forms of leisure. While such activities undoubtedly require effort, the type …
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The non-unitary nature of information preference
Factors affecting information-seeking behaviour can be task-endogenous (e.g., probability of winning a gamble), or task-exogenous (e.g., personality trait measures). Various task-endogenous factors affecting non-instrumental information-seeking behaviour have been identified, but it is unclear how task-exogenous factors affect such behaviour, and if they interact with task-endogenous factors. In an online information seeking experiment ( N = 279)…
Is all mental effort equal? The role of cognitive demand-type on effort avoidance
Humans are often termed "cognitive misers" for their aversion to mental effort. Both in and outside the laboratory people often show preferences for low-effort tasks and are willing to forgo financial reward to avoid more demanding alternatives. Mental effort, however, does not seem to be ubiquitously avoided: people play crosswords, board games, and read novels, all as forms of leisure. While such activities undoubtedly require effort, the type …
Too hard, too easy, or just right? The effects of context on effort and boredom aversion
Despite people’s general desire to avoid cognitive effort, there is a limit to our parsimony: boredom, a state defined by a lack of successful mental engagement, is found to be similarly aversive. The work presented here investigates how context – the alternative tasks present and the environmental context – impacts people’s aversion to exerting cognitive effort and avoiding boredom via a demand-selection task. In a population of undergraduate st…
Cognitive psychology (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Cognition (2 works) · Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics (2 works) · Microeconomics (2 works) · Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (2 works) · Preference (2 works) · Behavioral Health and Interventions (1 work) · Boredom (1 work)