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In an exclusive interview with Financial Express’s Anamika Sinha, UPSC topper Anuj Agnihotri spoke about his study strategy, ...

The literature and research consistently affirm that self-motivation drives academic, educational, and personal potential.

Research suggests compounds in foods like blackberries and kale can influence brain chemistry tied to motivation and activity — another reminder that what we eat affects more than we realize.

Humans and animals share a remarkable capacity to sense when others are in distress and respond with comforting behavior. But the motivation for doing so, and why it sometimes breaks down, has been ...

Children as young as seven begin to internalize stereotypes about who is more or less likely to pursue occupations related to science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)—beliefs that may ...

As academic pressure mounts for adolescents worldwide, a new study in the Journal of Adolescence challenges the idea that simply giving students more autonomy improves outcomes. Tracking 1,639 high ...

People struggling with many addictions, ranging from opioids to gambling, are reporting similar experiences in clinics, on social media and around dinner tables.

Not every lie corrodes trust. Research reveals that one specific kind of deception can make you more likable, more trusted ...

Humans and animals share a remarkable capacity to sense when others are in distress and respond with comforting behavior. But the motivation for doing ...

The Tories say an intake form to be used at the coming supervised consumption site raises concerns about drug use by youths.

Most of your studying fails for boring reasons. You start too late, you work in the wrong place, or your phone takes the first ten minutes and the next ten follow it. You can fix a lot of that with ...