Researchers have unveiled how just 10 minutes of daily mindfulness practice can improve wellbeing, ease depression and anxiety, and help people to be more motivated to improve their lifestyle – including healthier exercise, eating and sleeping habits
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Just 10 minutes of mindfulness daily boosts wellbeing and fights depression
New research reveals how short bursts of daily mindfulness can boost wellbeing, combat depression and anxiety, and inspire healthier lifestyle choices.
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Researchers discovered a crucial protein in the brain that can regulate motivation for rewards in mice. This protein can also influence anxiety, depressive-like behaviors, and reduced motivation for rewards, especially in female mice
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UK study: Key brain protein can impact behavior | University of Kentucky Research
UK researchers published their discovery that a key protein in the brain that can regulate motivation for reward in mice.
Attractive long-term mates have an unexpected effect on women’s creativity 🌟 - they are linked to lower creativity in women, and this drop was explained by heightened sexual arousal. However, men were more motivated to perform well after viewing attractive mates 👩❤️👨, which predicted greater creativity 🎨.
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Attractive long-term mates have a weird unexpected effect on women’s creativity
Women’s creativity got a boost from thinking about committed relationships—but only to a point. A new study suggests that sexual arousal linked to highly desirable long-term partners may short-circuit creative thinking, highlighting a strange cost of romantic…
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Procrastination can decrease after a 1-minute reflection ⏳💭. In a study of more than 1,000 adults, answering six short questions increased motivation 💪, improved mood 😊, and made people more likely to begin tasks they had been delaying.
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Now I feel like I’m going to get to it soon: a brief, scalable intervention for state procrastination
BMC Psychology - Procrastination is a pervasive habit that undermines well-being, productivity, and mental health. Developing brief and scalable interventions to address this issue is crucial....
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New study finds popular fitness apps may actually demotivate users 📉📱💪
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New study finds popular fitness apps may actually demotivate users
We already know how watching other people’s lives on social media can negatively affect our self-esteem and satisfaction with our own lives. Apparently, using apps to track your own calories or fitness activities can have a similar effect. The latest research…
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Motivation acts as a 📷 camera lens that shapes how memories form 🧠.Study proposes that distinct chemical signals in the brain create specific motivational “moods” that determine whether we remember the big picture or focused details. Read Full Article #MotivationLens…
🧠 New research redefines motivation not as a volume knob for effort, but as a camera lens influencing how the brain records events. Distinct brain chemical signals create specific motivational "moods" that dictate whether we remember the big picture or focused details.
💡 The study, published in the Annual Review of Psychology, proposes two primary motivational moods: "interrogative" (driven by curiosity, adaptiveness, creating flexible relational memories) and "imperative" (driven by urgency, deadlines, threats, creating highly detailed but narrow unitized memories).
🔬 Developed by Assistant Professor Jia-Hou Poh (National University of Singapore) and Professor R. Alison Adcock (Duke University), this theoretical framework highlights the roles of the dopaminergic (VTA) and noradrenergic (LC) systems in shaping memory formation.
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💡 The study, published in the Annual Review of Psychology, proposes two primary motivational moods: "interrogative" (driven by curiosity, adaptiveness, creating flexible relational memories) and "imperative" (driven by urgency, deadlines, threats, creating highly detailed but narrow unitized memories).
🔬 Developed by Assistant Professor Jia-Hou Poh (National University of Singapore) and Professor R. Alison Adcock (Duke University), this theoretical framework highlights the roles of the dopaminergic (VTA) and noradrenergic (LC) systems in shaping memory formation.
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Meet Orexin, The Brain Chemical Behind Staying Motivated. Scientists have identified neurons that produce the chemical orexin as playing an important role in food-reward motivation in rats. Read Full Article #Orexin #MotivationScience #NeuroscienceResearch
🧠 Researchers at Nagoya University have identified orexin-producing neurons in rats' brains that play a key role in food-reward motivation. These neurons, located in the hypothalamus, influence how much effort an animal is willing to exert for a reward.
💡 Activating these orexin neurons made rats work harder for food, while inhibiting them led to quicker abandonment of the effort. Activity increased before a reward and decreased afterward, with sustained high activity when a reward was expected but absent.
📈 The study, published in PNAS, suggests orexin activity could serve as a marker for the effort involved in pursuing expected rewards and is crucial for linking expectations with motivated behavior.
🔬 Future research will explore how these orexin neurons connect with other brain circuits to understand the natural triggers for motivated actions, with potential implications for treating conditions linked to disrupted motivation, like depression and addiction.
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💡 Activating these orexin neurons made rats work harder for food, while inhibiting them led to quicker abandonment of the effort. Activity increased before a reward and decreased afterward, with sustained high activity when a reward was expected but absent.
📈 The study, published in PNAS, suggests orexin activity could serve as a marker for the effort involved in pursuing expected rewards and is crucial for linking expectations with motivated behavior.
🔬 Future research will explore how these orexin neurons connect with other brain circuits to understand the natural triggers for motivated actions, with potential implications for treating conditions linked to disrupted motivation, like depression and addiction.
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