Philippe N Tobler
Biographic Data
| ID | 1752392 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Philippe N Tobler |
| GIVEN NAMES | Philippe N |
| FAMILY NAME | Tobler |
| SIGNATURE | TOBLER P N |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Zurich |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4915-9448 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Improving numerical measures of human feelings: The case of pain
Numerical self-report scales are extensively used in economics, psychology, and medicine to quantify subjective feelings, ranging from life satisfaction to the experience of pain. These scales are often criticized for lacking an objective foundation, and defended on the grounds of empirical performance. We focus on the case of pain measurement, where existing self-reported measures are the workhorse but known to be inaccurate and difficult to com…
Sensory perception relies on fitness-maximizing codes
Sensory information encoded by humans and other organisms is generally presumed to be as accurate as their biological limitations allow. However, perhaps counterintuitively, accurate sensory representations may not necessarily maximize the organism's chances of survival. To test this hypothesis, we developed a unified normative framework for fitness-maximizing encoding by combining theoretical insights from neuroscience, computer science, and eco…
Motivation and Healthy Aging: A Heuristic Model
Building on the seminal definition of “healthy aging” by the World Health Organization (WHO, 2015; 2020), we present a model of motivation and healthy aging that is aimed at identifying the central psychological constructs and processes for understanding what older persons value, and how they can attain and maintain these valued aspects of their lives. This model places goals at its center, and then proceeds from motivational processes of goal se…
Age-Related Changes in the Role of Social Motivation: Implications for Healthy Aging
Prior research has established the importance of social relations and social embeddedness for motivation in healthy aging. Thus, social orientation appears to be essential for understanding healthy aging. This article focuses particularly on age-related changes in goals concerning social orientation, such as increased prioritization of emotional goals, increased prosociality/altruistic motives, generativity, and ego transcendence. We then conside…
Effort Mobilization and Healthy Aging
Healthy aging is in part dependent upon people's willingness and ability to mobilize the effort necessary to support behaviors that promote health and well-being. People may have the best information relating to health along with the best intentions to stay healthy (e.g., health-related goals), but positive outcomes will ultimately be dependent upon them actually investing the necessary effort toward using this information to achieve their goals.…
Incidental ostracism emerges from simple learning mechanisms
The dopaminergic reward system underpins gender differences in social preferences
Understanding consumer decisions using behavioural economics
Effort Mobilization and Healthy Aging
Healthy aging is in part dependent upon people's willingness and ability to mobilize the effort necessary to support behaviors that promote health and well-being. People may have the best information relating to health along with the best intentions to stay healthy (e.g., health-related goals), but positive outcomes will ultimately be dependent upon them actually investing the necessary effort toward using this information to achieve their goals.…
Age-Related Changes in the Role of Social Motivation: Implications for Healthy Aging
Prior research has established the importance of social relations and social embeddedness for motivation in healthy aging. Thus, social orientation appears to be essential for understanding healthy aging. This article focuses particularly on age-related changes in goals concerning social orientation, such as increased prioritization of emotional goals, increased prosociality/altruistic motives, generativity, and ego transcendence. We then conside…
Incidental ostracism emerges from simple learning mechanisms
Motivation and Healthy Aging: A Heuristic Model
Building on the seminal definition of “healthy aging” by the World Health Organization (WHO, 2015; 2020), we present a model of motivation and healthy aging that is aimed at identifying the central psychological constructs and processes for understanding what older persons value, and how they can attain and maintain these valued aspects of their lives. This model places goals at its center, and then proceeds from motivational processes of goal se…
The dopaminergic reward system underpins gender differences in social preferences
Understanding consumer decisions using behavioural economics
The dopaminergic reward system underpins gender differences in social preferences
Incidental ostracism emerges from simple learning mechanisms
Motivation and Healthy Aging: A Heuristic Model
Building on the seminal definition of “healthy aging” by the World Health Organization (WHO, 2015; 2020), we present a model of motivation and healthy aging that is aimed at identifying the central psychological constructs and processes for understanding what older persons value, and how they can attain and maintain these valued aspects of their lives. This model places goals at its center, and then proceeds from motivational processes of goal se…
Age-Related Changes in the Role of Social Motivation: Implications for Healthy Aging
Prior research has established the importance of social relations and social embeddedness for motivation in healthy aging. Thus, social orientation appears to be essential for understanding healthy aging. This article focuses particularly on age-related changes in goals concerning social orientation, such as increased prioritization of emotional goals, increased prosociality/altruistic motives, generativity, and ego transcendence. We then conside…
Effort Mobilization and Healthy Aging
Healthy aging is in part dependent upon people's willingness and ability to mobilize the effort necessary to support behaviors that promote health and well-being. People may have the best information relating to health along with the best intentions to stay healthy (e.g., health-related goals), but positive outcomes will ultimately be dependent upon them actually investing the necessary effort toward using this information to achieve their goals.…
Sensory perception relies on fitness-maximizing codes
Sensory information encoded by humans and other organisms is generally presumed to be as accurate as their biological limitations allow. However, perhaps counterintuitively, accurate sensory representations may not necessarily maximize the organism's chances of survival. To test this hypothesis, we developed a unified normative framework for fitness-maximizing encoding by combining theoretical insights from neuroscience, computer science, and eco…
Improving numerical measures of human feelings: The case of pain
Numerical self-report scales are extensively used in economics, psychology, and medicine to quantify subjective feelings, ranging from life satisfaction to the experience of pain. These scales are often criticized for lacking an objective foundation, and defended on the grounds of empirical performance. We focus on the case of pain measurement, where existing self-reported measures are the workhorse but known to be inaccurate and difficult to com…
Psychology (7 works) · Cognitive psychology (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Aging and Gerontology Research (3 works) · Neuroscience (3 works) · Artificial Intelligence (2 works) · Cognition (2 works) · Developmental psychology (2 works) · Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (2 works) · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction (2 works)