Anthropogenic climate change poses a substantial threat to societal living conditions. Here,
we argue that neuroscience can substantially contribute to the fight against climate change …

Subjective value is a core concept in neuroeconomics, serving as the basis for decision
making. Despite the extensive literature on the neural encoding of subjective reward value …

Chronic, low-grade inflammation has been associated with motivational deficits in patients
with major depression (MD). In turn, impaired motivation has been linked to poor quality of …

The willingness to exert effort for reward is essential but comes at the cost of fatigue.
Theories suggest fatigue increases after both physical and cognitive exertion, subsequently …

Prevailing frameworks propose that a key feature of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
(ADHD) is lower motivation. An important component of motivation is the willingness to …

Work in animal and human neuroscience has identified neural regions forming a network
involved in the production of motivated, goal-directed behaviour. In particular, the nucleus …

Prosocial behaviors—actions that benefit others—are central to individual and societal well-
being. Although the mechanisms underlying the financial and moral costs of prosocial …

A caregiver's all‐too‐familiar narrative‐“He doesn't think through what he does, but mostly
he does nothing.” Apathy and impulsivity, debilitating and poorly understood, commonly co …

The notion that humans avoid effortful action is one of the oldest and most persistent in
psychology. Influential theories of effort propose that effort valuations are made according to …

Effortful tasks are generally experienced as costly, but the value of work varies greatly
across individuals and populations. While most mental health conditions are characterized …