At some point during college, every student will wake up and feel unable to drag themselves to the library for what feels like the hundredth day in a row. Maybe you’re taking boring classes (looking ...

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.

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 ...

This paper reports the results of a cross-age study dealing with high school students' motivational traits in science. Students' motivational traits in science were explored by a questionnaire whose ...

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

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 ...