Motivation & Emotion
What motivates children or any of us to learn? Emotional connections, rewards, and personal satisfaction all are key. Can we improve learning by enriching these parts of our lives?
- What is Emotional Intelligence?
- The Emotional Brain
- It’s the Simple Stuff That Makes You––And Your Brain––Happy
- This Is Your Brain on Music (Infographic)
- Video: Michael Merzenich in Conversation with the Dalai Lama
- This is What Happens in your Brain When You’re Scared Senseless
- The Strange Tale of Phineas Gage
- The Biological Basis of Aggression
- Fear Conditioning: How the Brain Learns about Danger
- What Determines Your Vote?
- The Importance of Political Fairness
- Emotion And Feelings in a Time of War
- Two Proposed Parent/Teacher Resolutions for the New Year–Part 2: Fear of War
- Two Proposed Parent/Teacher Resolutions for the New Year – Part 1
- From Videogames to the Internet
- Neurotheology: Brain Science and Religious Belief
- How Mass Media Affect Our Perception of Reality — Part 1
- What Are My Chances with Anthrax and the Lottery?
- How Our Brain Processes Terrorist Carnage
- A Teacher’s Sense of Humor
- A Conversation With Robert Sapolsky
- The Pleasure Principle: Connections between Reward and Learning
