Researchers from MIT have identified a brain circuit that may explain why, as people age, they tend to lose motivation to learn new things. Striosomes are cells that are located in the striatum part ...

Motivation to learn new things and engage with life declines with age due to falling activity in a brain circuit that weighs costs and benefits, a study on mice suggested. US experts have been ...

Study after study finds students’ motivation to learn is often driven by their relationships with their teachers, but a new report suggests many new educators enter the classroom with inconsistent ...

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Motivation differences of gender, science class type (biological vs. physical), and ability level of 242 high school students were investigated. High achievers and physical science students had higher ...

The word motivation comes from the Latin verb movere, which means “to move.” So, motivation is the word we use to describe what “makes us move.” In other words, why do we do the things we do? When we ...

Neuroscientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) published a study in Cell on October 27 identified the cause of the declining motivation to learn among elderly. MIT Institute ...

Your true motivation must live in a very deep part of you. It’s something that is always with you, and so personal and strong, it could bring you to tears. For most parents, the answer is often tied ...

Exercise has a lot of important benefits. But most people don’t exercise or don’t do it consistently or long enough to get ...