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·November 7, 2022·5 min read

Motivation Is Affected by Oxidative Stress, but Nutrition Can Help

Higher levels of glutathione in the nucleus accumbens correlated with better and more steady performance in motivation-based tasks. Findings suggest improvements in accumbal anti-oxidant function that can be acquired via diet or supplementation may be a feasible approach to help boost motivation.

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·October 14, 2022·5 min read

Too Much Motivation Affects Our Decision-Making

Motivation influences neural networks associated with perception and impacts our decision-making skills.

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·October 5, 2022·7 min read

Do You Act Before You Think or Think Before You Act?

Even though people engage in seemingly impulsive decision-making, they may actually be predisposed to curtail it.

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·September 18, 2022·7 min read

Cannabis Users No Less Likely to Be Motivated or Able to Enjoy Life’s Pleasure

Cannabis users show no difference in motivation for rewards, pleasure from rewards, or the brain's response to reward-seeking than non-cannabis users.

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·September 1, 2022·9 min read

Cannabis Users No More Likely to Lack Motivation Than Non-users: Study Breaks ‘Stoner’ Stereotype

Users of cannabis showed no difference in motivation, pleasure taken from rewards, or the brain's response to reward-seeking compared to non-cannabis users.

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·August 16, 2022·6 min read

Holocaust Museum Motivates Visitors to Create Social Change

Museums dedicated to remembering the Holocaust and its victims can help to facilitate social mobilization and encourage social change for visitors.

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·June 13, 2022·4 min read

True Grit: Keeping the Faith, or Willingness to Push Yourself, as You Age

Maintaining a growth mindset and belief in yourself as you age helps you succeed at skills you wish to master.

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·June 12, 2022·3 min read

Negative Schizotypal Traits Predict Reward Motivation Reduction in Effort-Reward Imbalance

People who display high schizotypal traits are more likely to perceive effort-reward imbalance. Researchers found a link between effort-reward imbalance and reduced gray matter volume, and altered resting-state functional connectivity in those with schizotypal traits.

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·June 4, 2022·6 min read

How Storytelling Can Motivate Us to Help Others

Hearing personal narratives instead of simply cold, hard facts motivates people to change their behaviors to help protect more vulnerable groups.

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·May 11, 2022·3 min read

Motivation/Pleasure Deficits, Not Expression Impairments, Contribute to Social Dysfunction in Schizophrenia Patients

Amotivation and anhedonia rather than expressive dysfunction play a critical role in determining social functioning in those with schizophrenia.

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·April 25, 2022·3 min read

The Connection Between Loss of Motivation and Alzheimer’s Disease Progression

Targeting synaptic calcium permeable receptors in the nucleus accumbens and blocking them could delay or prevent the onset of Alzheimer's associated neuropsychiatric symptoms, and ultimately cognitive decline.

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·March 23, 2022·5 min read

Motivation to Achieve Goals May Depend on Anxiety Level

The motivation to exert sustained effort to achieve a goal following stress exposure depends on an individual's level of trait anxiety. The expression of CRHR1 in dopaminergic neurons in the ventral tegmental area connects anxiety to either boosted or diminished motivation levels.