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Goal-directed Thought

Goal-Directed Thought is a cognitive process within the domain of executive functioning that refers to the systematic and intentional mental activity directed toward the formulation, maintenance, and achievement of specific objectives, distinguished from other forms of thought by its purposive structure, sequential organization, and alignment with anticipated outcomes.

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The Development and Validation of the Children’s Hope Scale

C. R. Snyder, Betsy Hoza, William E. Pelham et al. · Journal of Pediatric Psychology · 1997 · 1.2K citations · Full text

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From Thought to Action: Effects of Process-Versus Outcome-Based Mental Simulations on Performance

Lien B. Pham, Shelley E. Taylor · Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin · 1999 · 632 citations

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Characterizing a psychiatric symptom dimension related to deficits in goal-directed control

Claire M. Gillan, Michał Kosiński, Robert Whelan et al. · eLife · 2016 · 627 citations · Full text

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Disruption in the Balance Between Goal-Directed Behavior and Habit Learning in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Claire M. Gillan, Martina Papmeyer, Sharon Morein‐Zamir et al. · American Journal of Psychiatry · 2011 · 612 citations · Full text

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Hope and the Meaningful Life: Theoretical and Empirical Associations Between Goal–Directed Thinking and Life Meaning

David B. Feldman, C. R. Snyder · Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology · 2005 · 436 citations

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Authors

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  1. CR
    C. R. Snyder

    University of Kansas, United States

    4 publications · 1.9K citations

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  2. GA
    Gisa Aschersleben

    Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Germany

    3 publications · 236 citations

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  3. JS
    Jonathan Smallwood

    University of York, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 205 citations

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  4. EJ
    Elizabeth Jefferies

    University of York, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 180 citations

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  5. DB
    David B. Feldman

    Santa Clara University, United States

    2 publications · 590 citations

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Institutions

192

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    7 h-index

    20 publications

    1.6K citations

  2. Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences

    Leipzig, Germany

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    568 citations

  3. University of Kansas

    Lawrence, United States

    4 h-index

    10 publications

    6K citations

  4. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    4 h-index

    11 publications

    1.8K citations

  5. Institut du Cerveau

    Paris, France

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    698 citations

  6. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    533 citations

  7. University of Trento

    Trento, Italy

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    315 citations

  8. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    3 h-index

    11 publications

    1.3K citations

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  1. Psychological Science

    5 publications · 633 citations

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  2. Frontiers in Psychology

    4 publications · 741 citations

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  3. PLoS ONE

    3 publications · 147 citations

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  4. Psychological Research

    3 publications · 172 citations

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  5. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology

    2 publications · 504 citations

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