Welcome
Welcome to the website of the Human Motivation and Affective Neuroscience (HuMAN) laboratory! Research at the HuMAN Lab aims at providing a better
understanding of the physiological, cognitive, affective, and behavioral
aspects of motivation in humans. Our research has a strong emphasis
on nonconscious (i.e., implicit) motivational processes that occur and
influence behavior without the person becoming aware of them. We also explore
how implicit motives relate to and interact with people's
conscious goals and beliefs about their motivational needs.
The methods we use to explore these questions include non-declarative personality
assessment,
measurement of salivary hormone levels, assessment of basic
cognitive
functions, Pavlovian and instrumental conditioning, and brain
imaging. The HuMAN Lab
is supported by grants from the National
Science Foundation, the National
Institutes of Mental Health, and the University
of Michigan.
To find out more, please use the navigation menu at the top of the page.
Latest News: 14 October 2009 New edited book on implicit
motives available
Oliver C. Schultheiss (Friedrich-Alexander
University) and Joachim C. Brunstein (Justus-Liebig University)
are the editors of “Implicit Motives”, a new
book that brings together the latest and best in theory
and research on implicit motives. Written by leading authorities
in the field, chapters range from portrayals of power, achievement
and affiliation motives and their assessment to accounts
of how motives shape cognition and physiological changes,
their relationship with the needs people attribute to themselves,
and their role in culture and society. Find
out more...
HuMAN Lab graduate student Andreas Rösch
has won a 2009 McClelland Fellowship of the McClelland Center
for Research and Innovation (Boston, USA) for his dissertation
research project on the role of facial expressions of emotion
in motivational processes. Congratulations, Andreas!
