While many factors contribute to a student’s capacity for accomplishment, naturally motivated students from higher socioeconomic backgrounds are more likely to succeed, according to a new study.

To end this term with a bang, you have got to surround yourself with things that motivate you to study. It could be small, ...

In a good or a bad mood, focused or distracted, in dire or no need: our internal states directly influence our perceptions and decision-making. While the role of motivation on the performance of ...

Here’s what teenagers can do to equip themselves to move forward during this difficult and frustrating time. By Lisa Damour The school year is still young, yet parents and students alike may have ...

Research involving more than 1,200 adults found that a daily 10-minute mindfulness practice can improve workout motivation. Regularly practicing mindfulness also lead to other healthy habits, like ...

Extrinsic motivation is motivation that come from outside oneself. Examples include doing something for financial gain, promotion, praise or approval, or to win a competition. Depending on the ...

People all around the world experience intrinsic motivation. But if that feeling is universal, its moralisation is not ...

A recent Norwegian study (Sigmundsson, 2020) of almost a thousand women and men between the ages of 14 and 77 found that shortly after the early 50s, participants tended to show a sharp decline in ...

Dopamine is known as "the reward molecule." This diagram illustrates dopaminergic neurons (i.e., dopamine-producing nerve cells) and dopaminergic pathways. Source: VectorMine/Shutterstock Motivation ...