User:Jovana Acevska

About me
My name is Jovana Acevska and I am a full- time student at the University of Canberra doing a Bachelor's degree in Science in Psychology.

My degree majors are in Biology and Genetic Counselling and I am in my final year of undergraduate studies.

Hobbies

 * Tennis
 * Reading
 * Music

The book chapter I am working on
I am currently enrolled in the unit 'Motivation and Emotion', and am working on a book chapter as part of the unit assessment.

My research topic is The Ventral Tegmental Area and Motivation and Emotion.

Social Contributions

 * 13:11, 1 September 2019- Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and long-term goal pursuit- Added a research reference on the topic  Prefrontal Cortex and Long-Term Memory Encoding: An Integrative Review of Findings from Neuropsychology and Neuroimaging.
 * 18:57, 27 October 2019 -Affective computing - Added two research references which can be used to develop arguments for emotion recognition and artificial intelligence
 * 19:05, 27 October 2019- Expectancy–value theory of achievement motivation - Added a picture of a table outlining motivational processes and aligned text
 * 19:11, 27 October 2019 - Cocaine use and motivation - Added a picture showing the location of the nucleus accumbens in the human brain
 * 19:19, 27 October 2019 - Environment-friendly behaviour motivation - Added a few reference sources which may be useful
 * 19:27, 27 October 2019 - Goal framing theory - Added a reference which may be useful in relation to proenvironmental behaviours
 * 19:49, 27 October 2019 - Factitious disorder and malingering motivation - Edited the reference list to adhere to APA guidelines
 * 19:55, 27 October 2019 - Indigenous Australian transgenerational trauma - added reference relating to transgenerational trauma in indigenous communities which may be useful to explore in discussion
 * 20:04, 27 October 2019 - Alcohol, dopamine, and emotion - Edited a paragraph for grammar mistakes
 * 20:09, 27 October 2019 - Mania and motivation - Added a photo of a table summarizing motivational processes
 * 20:15, 27 October 2019 - Novelty seeking - Added a chart from wiki commons on self-determination theory and fixed minor syntax errors
 * 20:24, 27 October 2019 - Biophilia hypothesis and emotion - Added a reference which may be useful to develop the book chapter and added title and subtitle
 * 20:31, 27 October 2019 - Disgust and vegetarianism and veganism - Edited the 'overview' section for grammar and syntax errors