Collegiate athletes are required to excel both academically and athletically throughout their college careers. To maintain ...

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.

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Canadian Journal of Education / Revue canadienne de l'éducation, Vol. 33, No. 3, Langue, identité et politiques éducatives / Language, Identity and Educational ...

As people grow older, the desire to learn and engage in daily activities often dwindles. That phenomenon, which Psychology Benefits Society said psychologists refer to as anhedonia, could appear when ...

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 ...

Neuroscientists have identified a brain circuit critical for learning to make decisions that require evaluating the cost or reward of an action. They showed this circuit is negatively affected by ...

A massive new study has pinpointed the most effective motivational technique for improving performance—and it’s incredibly easy. Simply using self-talk to tell yourself “I can do better,” has the ...

To assess if the correlations with the DA measures were specific for the surrogate trait measure of motivation, we also inspected correlations with the broad trait measures of Positive Emotionality ...