Scientific article
Review
Do people really avoid effort? A cost – benefit perspective on the principle of least effort
ContributorsAndré, Nathalie; Baumeister, Roy F.; Gendolla, Guido H.E.
Published inNeuroscience and biobehavioral reviews, vol. 183, 106587
Publication date2026-04
First online date2026-02-04
Keywords
- Costbenefit analysis
- Effort aversion
- Infant development
- Principle of least effort
- Wasting effort
Research groups
Funding
- Regional Council of New-Aquitaine [AAPR2020F-2020–8595710]
Citation (ISO format)
ANDRÉ, Nathalie et al. Do people really avoid effort? A cost – benefit perspective on the principle of least effort. In: Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews, 2026, vol. 183, p. 106587. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2026.106587
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Identifiers
- PID : unige:191264
- DOI : 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2026.106587
- PMID : 41619998
Additional URL for this publicationhttps://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0149763426000424
Journal ISSN0149-7634
