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The Yerkes-Dodson law suggests that performance on a task increases as drive increases to an optimum level, and beyond the peak performance decreases as drive increases.
“The Yerkes-Dodson law suggests that performance on a task increases as drive increases to an optimum level, and beyond the peak or optimum level performance decreases as drive increases (Broadhurst, 1957; Hebb, 1955).”
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- Authors
- Hebb, D. O.
- Affiliations
- McGill University (CA)
- Corresponding author
- Hebb, D. O.
- Venue
- Psychological Review
- Published
- 1955
- Volume
- 62
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 243-254
- ISSN
- 0033-295X (ISSN-L)
- 1939-1471
- OpenAlex
- W2072041476
- Cited by
- 2,090
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 47 · 2025: 40 · 2024: 63 · 2023: 39 · 2022: 38 · 2021: 41 · 2020: 94 · 2019: 47 · 2018: 47 · 2017: 39 · 2016: 36 · 2015: 37 · 2014: 42 · 2013: 35 · 2012: 44
- FWCI
- 21.04
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Psychological Review (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Human Behavior and Motivation
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Psychological Testing and Assessment
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Philosophy and Theoretical Science
- Keywords
- drive, motivation, drive theory, nervous system
- MeSH terms
- Drive, Humans, Learning, Nervous System
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