There is hope for the unmotivated in physical activity. New large research has identified the characteristics of physical activity programs that best increase motivation for physical activity. The ...

Motivation is widely recognized as a central construct in understanding engagement, persistence, and behavioral change in physical activity and sport ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “This is where that lifestyle medicine comes in that we need to be good at,” Holly Wyatt, MD, professor and vice ...

A recent study in Cell led to the discovery of a group of neurons in mouse brains that were shown to influence motivation in relation to tasks followed by rewards. That is, the increased activity of ...

Mice with reduced leptin signalling in the brain logged nearly twice as many miles on a running wheel compared with normal mice. Leptin is a fat cell-derived hormone that signals the brain when the ...

Clemson University provides funding as a member of The Conversation US. Because there’s no generally accepted definition of what a streak is, I started by trying to define the phenomenon. Based on ...