Posts Tagged self-determination

Toss out your usual list of New Year’s resolutions and do things that make the world a better place, says a Rochester expert on motivation and well-being.

Is it money, power, and fame? Or rather fear and punishment? For nearly 40 years Richard Ryan and Edward Deci, the founders of self-determination theory, have sought to answer the question of human motivation.

University of Rochester experimental psychologists Edward Deci and Richard Ryan will deliver the opening talks on Thursday.