From going for a run to doing the dishes, motivating ourselves to take care of chores can be a struggle. But it could be as simple as watching our own brain activity. Researchers have used scanners to ...

Before your head hits the pillow, you make a mental note to exercise tomorrow morning. The next thing you know your alarm is going off. You hit snooze. Twice. It’s too late to exercise now; you tell ...

For many, finding the motivation to start and sustain an exercise regimen is like the search for the holy grail. Despite countless attempts to find their way to regular physical activity, Americans ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “This is where that lifestyle medicine comes in that we need to be good at,” Holly Wyatt, MD, professor and vice ...

So, it’s understandable that she’s among the wave of those, concerned they are more sedentary than is healthful, who are turning to activity monitors — in her case “Bodybugg.” The electronic tools, ...

Neuroscientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) published a study in Cell on October 27 identified the cause of the declining motivation to learn among elderly. MIT Institute ...

“The time efficient nature of exercise snacks may help overcome common barriers to physical activity, such as perceived lack ...