If we pride ourselves on being good students, losing motivation is what takes a toll on our mental health. We can’t study, so we feel bad about ourselves, which just makes it harder to study.

A new Icelandic study finds men score slightly higher than women in passion for achievement and self-efficacy, while both ...

Bestselling author Daniel H. Pink has unveiled a unique motivation formula, blending Harvard research with Jerry Seinfeld's ...

New study of faculty motivation for teaching says certain kinds of motivation -- intrinsic and believing that teaching is important -- are linked to use of best teaching practices, across institution ...

Motivation is a notoriously difficult thing to measure and study. The conclusions here are based on what students say on survey questionnaires. In the underlying studies, researchers weren’t able to ...

What is it that makes us feel good about ourselves? And what motivates us to do something, regardless of whether it is important or not?

New paper proposes framework for supporting the needs of pretenure faculty members, namely making sure they're poised to find intrinsic motivation.

Wondering why you have more trouble focusing on new things as you age? A recent study by MIT helps explain why motivation decreases as age increases.

Motivation is affected by oxidative stress in the brain, a study shows. The findings also suggest motivation can be improved through nutritional interventions.