Motivation requires direction. It is one thing to want to accomplish a goal, but it is another actually to carry out the task by acting on the motivation. Directional motivation is the momentum a ...

Most people have at some time been cajoled into doing something, and most have done things for a reward. What is involved in these situations is extrinsic motivation. Conventional psychological theory ...

Over the past decade, Jackie Andrade and Jon May of the University of Plymouth (UK) have been fine-tuning a unique approach to behavioral change called Functional Imagery Training. FIT uses ...

It’s the end of a long practice. I’m out of breath, my cheeks are red hot, and my arms feel like spaghetti noodles. I look at the clock to see I only have a few seconds until the next rep. Everything ...

Is feeling motivated a bit more challenging for you these days? It may be a consequence of overall COVID-19 burnout. Alternatively, it could be pandemic-related parental burnout. In fact, even before ...

Since their simultaneous discovery by two groups 1,2, orexin/hypocretin neurons have been implicated in numerous functions, including regulating sleep/wake cycles, arousal, reward seeking, cognition, ...