Ever wonder why starting feels harder than finishing? Brain research shows stress can quietly block motivation before action ...

A brave friend recently shared that she was feeling tired—really tired. Not ‘I-didn’t-get-enough-sleep’ tired, but something much deeper. She said, “It’s as if I’ve lost my motivation.” I call her ...

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

In a highly novel study published in Current Biology, researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and the National Institute of Mental Health, or NIMH, describe how two major neuronal ...

This is what it means to be strong. Strength isn’t about looking tough or acting like nothing hurts. Real strength is getting back up when life knocks you down. It’s pushing forward when you’re tired, ...

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, researchers describe how two major neuronal ...