Advances in Motivation Science

• Presents new research in the field of motivation science and research
• Provides a timely overview of important research programs conducted by the most respected scholars in psychology
• Gives special attention to directions for future research

1. The Relentless Pursuit of Acceptance and Belonging Mark R. Leary and Shira Gabriel 2. Reward uncertainty and the aversion-attraction dilemma Patrick Anselme 3. Neurobiological Mechanisms of Selectivity in Motivated Memory Kimberly S. Chiew and Holly J. Bowen 4. Accounting for long-term motivation and sustained motivated learning: Motivational currents, self-concordant vision, and persistence in language learning Zoltán Dörnyei and Alastair Henry 5. Interest: A Unique Affective and Cognitive Motivational Variable That Develops K. Ann Renninger and Suzanne Hidi 6. Neural systems for aversively motivated behavior Jamil Palacios Bhanji, Yun-Yen Yang, and Mauricio R. Delgado