Employers continue to believe that performance-related cash bonuses, such as those offered to bankers, increase motivation, despite evidence showing they may decrease interest in their work. In a new ...

In this forum, we will discuss the current state of student motivation and engagement in our schools. By reviewing the research, we’ll aim to answer critical questions such as what exactly motivates ...

Behavior rarely fails because people don’t care. It fails because the system quietly makes the right behavior too hard to ...

Much of my research has focused on student motivation and how classroom factors and culture influence the academic motivation of adolescents and early adults. I am particularly interested in ...

We sometimes look at motivation backwards: We assume there must be an outcome or reward in order to get ourselves or others motivated to act. This is not what science shows us. One of the key ...

Motivation is important when learning a new skill, but it’s limited. While the first two factors of motivation (New Years, birthdays) only comes around a few times a year. who we surround ourselves ...

There are some things in this world that just seem obvious: you’ll get fat if you eat too much junk, reading makes you smarter, and money is a great motivator, for instance. But according to science, ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American When I was 11, I enthusiastically threw a set ...