Roth, L., Job, V., Titz, C., Meindl, D., & Mlynski, C. (2025). And Yet They Tire: Cognitive Fatigue Facilitates Task Disengagement and Worsens Performance. Motivation Science. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/mot0000415

Job, V., Mlynski, C., & Bauer, C. (2025). How rethinking difficulties can shape important life outcomes. Trends in Cognitive Science, 29(11), 1048-1060. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2025.05.018

Mlynski, C., Goschke, T., Korb, F. M., & Job, V. (2025). The motivational consequences of boredom. Cognition and Emotion, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2025.2568554

Kraus, J., Mlynski, C., Hartmann, F., Clay, G., Goschke, T., Silani, G., & Job, V. (2025). The pleasure of effort: Cognitive challenges trigger hedonic physiological responses. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1546(1), 100-111. https://doi.org/10.1111/nyas.15323

Mlynski, C., Clay, G., Sik, K., Jankowski, J., & Job, V. (2025). Because it is fun! Individual differences in effort enjoyment belief relate to behavioral and physiological indicators of effort-seeking. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 130(2), 237-259. Article pspa0000443. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspa0000443

Mlynski, C., Roth, L., Loschelder, D., Gieseler, K., Job, V., & Friese, M. (2025). Self-Control Following Prior Exertion: An Empirical Test of the Motivational Shift and Compensatory Effort Hypotheses. Collabra: Psychology, 11(1), Article 128616. https://doi.org/10.1525/collabra.128616

Jankowski, J. M., Roth, L., Meindl, D., Clay, G., Mlynski, C., Freiman, O., Nordmann, A. L., Stenzel, L.-C., & Wagner, V. (Accepted/In press). What is Self-Control and How Can We Measure It? Frontiers for Young Minds.

Job, V., Mlynski, C., & Nikitin, J. (2024). Challenging the law of least effort. Current Opinion in Psychology, 60, Article 101881. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2024.101881

Jankowski, J. M., Mlynski, C., & Job, V. (2024). Just a drop in the ocean? How lay beliefs about the world influence efficacy, perceptions, and intentions regarding pro-environmental behavior. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 100, Article 102445. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2024.102445

Jankowski, J. M., Mlynski, C., Prinz, T., & Job, V. (2024). Saving the environment? That is beyond my (will)power! Motivation Science, Article mot0000379. https://doi.org/10.1037/mot0000379

Roth, L. H. O., Jankowski, J. M., Meindl, D., Clay, G., Mlynski, C., Freiman, O., Nordmann, A. L., Stenzel, L.-C., & Wagner, V. (2024). Registered Report: Self-Control Beyond Inhibition—German Translation and Quality Assessment of the Self-Control Strategy Scale (SCSS). Collabra: Psychology, 10(1), Article 125242. https://doi.org/10.1525/collabra.125242

Mlynski, C., Mueller, S., Napolitano, C., & Job, V. (2024). A backup plan for life? Alternative Life paths facilitate disengagement in an action crisis. Motivation and Emotion, 48(1), 66-74. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11031-023-10052-z

Clay, G., Mlynski, C., Korb, F. M., Goschke, T., & Job, V. (2022). Rewarding cognitive effort increases the intrinsic value of mental labor. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119(5), Article e2111785119. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2111785119