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 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 ...

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

Some observers are concerned that money-for-achievement programs actually decrease students’ intrinsic motivation to learn and send mixed messages about studying.