It is often difficult to translate the findings of creativity and motivation researchers into language or activities that benefit end users. This is the problem driving the need for translational ...

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When people hear ‘motivation,’ they often think of classic incentives like bonuses, extra paid time off, and maybe the occasional pep talk. In truth motivation is elusive, because it so often depends ...

Creativity and motivation researchers publish for other academics in journals and funded grant reports that teachers, their students and the parents/guardians of the students and corporate trainers do ...

In the best-selling book Drive, author Daniel Pink attempts to simplify motivation science by suggesting the superiority of intrinsic over extrinsic motives to instill optimal work performance. When ...

Are top salespeople motivated by money or meaning? When Dr. Valerie Good of Michigan State University set out to study sales motivation, she discovered a gap. She writes, “Much of the current research ...

'If you want to make a New Year's resolution that really makes you happy, think about the ways in which you can contribute to the world, because the research shows it's not just good for the world but ...

Prolonged exposure to nicotine rewires specific brain circuits to dramatically increase the motivation to work for food, ...