Oliver C. Schultheiss
University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
97 Papers
340 Citations
Oliver C. Schultheiss is an academic researcher from University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. The author has contributed to research in topics: Testosterone (patch) & Digit ratio. The author has an hindex of 39, co-authored 91 publications. Previous affiliations of Oliver C. Schultheiss include Harvard University & University of Potsdam.
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The role of the dorsoanterior striatum in implicit motivation: the case of the need for power
TL;DR: It is proposed that activity in the dorsoanterior striatum may not only reflect individual differences in nPower, but also in other implicit motives, like the need for achievement or theneed for affiliation, provided that the proper incentives for these motives are present during reinforcement learning.
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Evidence for a robust, estradiol-associated sex difference in narrative-writing fluency.
TL;DR: Estradiol, a sex-dimorphic hormone during the reproductive life stage, was a specific mediator of the sex difference in narrative-writing fluency, and was moderated by prenatal hormone exposure, estimated via digit ratio.
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Choice of Difficult Tasks as a Strategy of Compensating for Identity-Relevant Failure
TL;DR: The authors examined the hypothesis that in the realm of self-definitional commitments, individuals try to compensate for failure experiences by increasing their aspirational standards with respect to further selfdefining task achievements.
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Motivation as a natural linchpin between person and situation
TL;DR: Schultheiss et al. as mentioned in this paper used a picture-story-based content-coding measure to determine peoples dispositional need to excel at challenging tasks, which was not con-sidered to predict behavior across all contexts; rather, McClellandet al. made the presence of suitable incentives and situational contexts a cornerstone of their theory of motivation.
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Implicit motives predict affective responses to emotional expressions
TL;DR: These differentiated reaction patterns of individuals with an inhibited power motive suggest that they engage in a more socially adaptive manner of responding to different FEEs, and extend established links between implicit motives and affective processes found at the procedural level to declarative reactions to F EEs.