Most of us know the feeling: maybe it is making a difficult phone call, starting a report you fear will be criticized, or preparing a presentation that's stressful just to think about. You understand ...

Illegitimate tasks refer to duties perceived as unnecessary or unreasonable in relation to one’s professional role. When such tasks accumulate, employees often experience the situation as unfair.

Confused about whether your child is avoiding work or truly can’t get started? Learn the difference between task avoidance ...

Monkeys were trained to perform two types of tasks: one with reward only, and another where the reward comes with a punishment. The VS–VP pathway was specifically suppressed using chemogenetics. In ...

When life gets tough, I always know how to make it better. Talk with friends and family? Sure, that’s great. Go outside and do something I enjoy? Undeniably a very good option. More important, though, ...

In today’s dynamic work environment, motivating teams has become an increasingly complex challenge for business leaders. It’s one of the hardest parts of leadership, and many of the traditional ...

Conflict between response tendencies is ubiquitous in every day performance. Capabilities that resolve such conflicts are therefore mandatory for successful goal achievement. The present study ...

Neuroscientists have discovered a set of brain cells that influence the motivation of mice to perform tasks for rewards. Increasing the cells' activity makes a mouse work harder or more vigorously.

Adults lead complex lives with limits on the amount of time they have to engage in formal learning. This reality, combined with the amount of effort and practice needed to develop one’s literacy ...