Motivation includes effort-based decision processes in which the value of an outcome is weighed against the work required to obtain it.
Emerging or mechanistic evidence
Output System · Pattern System
Last reviewed: August 11, 2026
EVIDENCE BY TOPIC
Effort-based motivation
How effort requirements interact with expected value and motivational choice.
The entries below are connected by subject, not arranged as a protocol or a complete literature review.
Open an individual claim to see what the evidence supports, what it does not establish, which sources are carrying the interpretation, and where the claim appears in The Human OS Manual.