Erik Bijleveld
@erikbij.bsky.social
Associate Professor at Radboud University. I post about mental effort and mental fatigue. https://www.bveld.info
also obviously it's 1377
May 7, 2025 at 1:52 PM
also obviously it's 1377
I can confirm this (but I also really wanted it to happen)
May 7, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I can confirm this (but I also really wanted it to happen)
We're in the process of making a (I think) nice online Mackworth Clock Task in OpenSesame. Will share it at some point.
April 12, 2024 at 9:23 AM
We're in the process of making a (I think) nice online Mackworth Clock Task in OpenSesame. Will share it at some point.
All of this is not to criticize Hull, who gave ample credit to Tsai.
But... I think we could cite Tsai a bit more often, when we discuss how people (and other animals) minimize the expenditure of effort.
(5/5)
But... I think we could cite Tsai a bit more often, when we discuss how people (and other animals) minimize the expenditure of effort.
(5/5)
January 31, 2024 at 8:46 AM
All of this is not to criticize Hull, who gave ample credit to Tsai.
But... I think we could cite Tsai a bit more often, when we discuss how people (and other animals) minimize the expenditure of effort.
(5/5)
But... I think we could cite Tsai a bit more often, when we discuss how people (and other animals) minimize the expenditure of effort.
(5/5)
Many thanks to dr. Yong Wang and dr. Wei Chen at the Center for Brain, Mind, and Education at Shaoxing University for sending me Tsai's monograph. They published a lovely biography on Tsai in 2022 (which is the source of the portrait above). doi.org/10.1007/s132... (4/5)
doi.org
January 31, 2024 at 8:45 AM
Many thanks to dr. Yong Wang and dr. Wei Chen at the Center for Brain, Mind, and Education at Shaoxing University for sending me Tsai's monograph. They published a lovely biography on Tsai in 2022 (which is the source of the portrait above). doi.org/10.1007/s132... (4/5)
Tsai's "law of minimum effort" (left, 1932) is super similar to Hull's "law of less work" (right, 1943). (3/5)
January 31, 2024 at 8:45 AM
Tsai's "law of minimum effort" (left, 1932) is super similar to Hull's "law of less work" (right, 1943). (3/5)
Tsai (1932) published a monograph titled "The laws of minimum effort and maximum satisfaction in animal behavior".
The monograph describes data from 21 T-maze experiments. Experiments 1-13 show that, when given the choice, rats learn to choose the option that requires least effort. (2/5)
The monograph describes data from 21 T-maze experiments. Experiments 1-13 show that, when given the choice, rats learn to choose the option that requires least effort. (2/5)
January 31, 2024 at 8:44 AM
Tsai (1932) published a monograph titled "The laws of minimum effort and maximum satisfaction in animal behavior".
The monograph describes data from 21 T-maze experiments. Experiments 1-13 show that, when given the choice, rats learn to choose the option that requires least effort. (2/5)
The monograph describes data from 21 T-maze experiments. Experiments 1-13 show that, when given the choice, rats learn to choose the option that requires least effort. (2/5)