Developing and testing a dynamic model of the proximal and distal motivational processes responsible for the regulation of task-directed effort.

该项目将在促进科学知识和理解方面以及在终端用户的潜在应用方面为社会带来好处。人们如何确定任务的轻重缓急、设定目标和付出努力的问题，对于理解人类行为至关重要。社会受益于对这个问题的基础研究，因为它让我们了解人类韧性的来源(和限制)。研究成果在军事、工业、商业等领域具有广泛的应用前景。例如，开发工具来更有效地培训人员、管理他们的工作量和提高他们的绩效。

The project will provide benefits for society, both in terms of its contribution to scientific knowledge and understanding, and potential applications for end users. The question of how people prioritise tasks, set goals, and apply effort is of fundamental importance for understanding human behaviour. Society benefits from basic research into this question, because it allows us to understand the sources of (and limits to) human resilience. The results have wide application in military, industrial and commercial settings. Examples include the development of tools for training people more effectively, managing their workload, and improving their performance.