Dr. Read Montague, PhD, is a professor and director of the Center for Human Neuroscience Research at Virginia Tech’s Fralin Biomedical Research Institute and an expert in how dopamine and serotonin ...

In a good or a bad mood, focused or distracted, in dire or no need: our internal states directly influence our perceptions and decision-making. While the role of motivation on the performance of ...

Behavior rarely fails because people don’t care. It fails because the system quietly makes the right behavior too hard to ...

As we navigate our daily lives, our choices are influenced by the information we gather. For example, how rewarding will it be to read this article, and is it worth the time and energy? How our brains ...

Motivation and self-control; incentive policies; charitable giving and pro-social behavior; cognitive biases; deadlines and procrastination; judgment and decision-making; market research; consumer ...

Effective decision-making is more important than ever before. Sixty-five percent of executives have to make more complex decisions today than they did two years ago, according to research from Gartner ...

Youth unemployment in Jordan reflects a deeper problem in the labor market, one whose effects now extend far beyond short term economic conditions. For many young people, the consequences of prolonged ...