Monday, August 24, 2026

24 Aug 2026

MONDAY — THE HUMAN CONDITION

“Creating conditions that allow the brain’s natural motivation systems to function well may be more effective.”

— Hiroyuki Mizoguchi, PhD, Nagoya University

Think your brain’s motivation system responds to being turned up? Nagoya researchers dialed a cluster of neurons down at the moment a reward was anticipated, and rats gave up sooner on hard tasks; dialing those same neurons up at that instant added nothing. One direction of the dial moved the floor; the other never found the ceiling. To learn more, Check out the article Motivation requires more than willpower.

Stay safe. Stay healthy. Be strong. Lead well.

Chad