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Toward a neurobiology of integrative processes
Di Domenico, Stefano Ryan, Richard M.
Di Domenico, Stefano
Ryan, Richard M.
Abstract
Integrative processes refer to people’s strivings to develop and exercise their capacities for autonomous self-regulation. This chapter highlights the importance of integration within Self-Determination Theory (SDT), surveys the psychological research on the topic, and reviews the burgeoning neuroscience research on integrative processes. This chapter proposes that integration is multifaceted and that different neural networks orchestrate specific integrative processes. Different brain regions are seen as nodes operating within and across multiple decentralized networks that support the experiential and behavioral aspects of integrative processes already known to SDT scholars. This chapter additionally reviews some of the neuroscientific methods available to SDT researchers and flags conceptual difficulties in this emerging area of research that seeks to connect complex phenomenology with biology.
Keywords
autonomy, basic psychological needs, conflict, integrative processes, neurobiology, neuroscience, self, Self-Determination Theory, self-regulation
Date
2023
Type
Book chapter
Journal
Book
The Oxford handbook of Self-Determination Theory
Volume
Issue
Page Range
292-308
Article Number
ACU Department
Institute for Positive Psychology and Education
Faculty of Education and Arts
Faculty of Education and Arts
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Open Access Status
License
All rights reserved
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