Self-determination, self-regulation, and the brain: Autonomy improves performance by enhancing neuroaffective responsiveness to self-regulation failure.

Legault, Lisa; Inzlicht, Michael

doi:10.1037/a0030426

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Self-determination, self-regulation, and the brain: Autonomy improves performance by enhancing neuroaffective responsiveness to self-regulation failure.

Legault, Lisa, Inzlicht, Michael·2013·Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

DOI 10.1037/a0030426

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The importance of autonomous motivation in improving self-regulation has been a focal topic of motivation research for almost 3 decades. Despite this extensive research, however, there has not yet been a mechanistic account of how autonomous motivation works to boost self-regulatory functioning. To address this issue, we examined the role of autonomy in 2 basic self-regulation tasks while recording a neural signal of self-regulation failure (i.e., the error-related negativity; ERN). Based on the notion that autonomy improves self-regulation, we anticipated that autonomous motivation would enhance neuroaffective responsiveness to self-regulatory failure and thus improve performance relative to controlled motivation. In Study 1 (N = 43), we found that trait autonomy was positively associated with self-regulatory performance and that this effect was mediated by increased brain-based sensitivity to self-regulation failure, as demonstrated by a larger ERN. Study 2 (N = 55) replicated and extended this pattern using an experimental manipulation of autonomy; when autonomous motivation was contextually supported, task performance increased relative to those for whom autonomy was undermined and those in a neutral condition. In addition, this effect was mediated by both increased perceptions of autonomy and larger ERN amplitudes. These findings offer deeper insight into the links among motivational orientation, brain-based performance monitoring, and self-regulation.

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“Autonomy was associated with greater self-regulatory responsiveness to task errors than controlling motivation and conditions, and in meditational analysis, to better performance.”
From Optimizing performance through intrinsic motivation and attention for learning: The OPTIMAL theory of motor learning (2016) · cites this paper as Legault & Inzlicht, 2013
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Authors: Legault, L., & Inzlicht, M.
Affiliations: University of Toronto (CA)
ORCID: Legault, Lisa
Inzlicht, Michael
Venue: Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA)
Published: 2013-07
Volume: 105
Issue: 1
Pages: 123-138
ISSN: 0022-3514 (ISSN-L)
1939-1315
DOI: 10.1037/a0030426
OpenAlex: W2095854615
Cited by: 210
References: 90
Citations by year: 2026: 6 · 2025: 15 · 2024: 14 · 2023: 16 · 2022: 13 · 2021: 15 · 2020: 17 · 2019: 22 · 2018: 23 · 2017: 24 · 2016: 15 · 2015: 12 · 2014: 11 · 2013: 6 · 2012: 1
FWCI: 14.34
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Locations: Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
Canada Foundation for Innovation
Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports
Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Behavioral Health and Interventions
Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
Keywords: autonomous motivation, self-regulation, self-determination theory, error-related negativity, performance monitoring, controlled motivation, task performance
MeSH terms: Adolescent, Adult, Brain, Electroencephalography, Female, Humans, Internal-External Control, Male, Motivation, Students, Task Performance and Analysis, Personal Autonomy, Young Adult

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