How motivation shapes memory formation While past studies have shown that motivation can enhance learning, the authors explain that not all motivation works the same way. Instead, different ...

We all know what it feels like to be motivated—that sense of eager anticipation and potent drive that propels us into action. Feelings of contentment or euphoria often accompany our peak motivational ...

National University of Singapore, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine Researchers from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine) and Duke University have ...

: In the mouse brain, two neural pathways were discovered: The first is active during motivation; the second is active only at the termination of motivation. In humans, these pathways could underlie ...

New research suggests that motivation acts less like a volume knob for effort and more like a camera lens that changes how the brain records events. A theoretical framework published in the Annual ...

Hunger can drive a motivational state that leads an animal to a successful pursuit of a goal - foraging for and finding food. In a highly novel study published in Current Biology, researchers at the ...