Certain chemicals in the brain may influence motivation.
Motivation is the magic sauce that helps people get things done and change behaviors. But why are some people more motivated than others?
"We have a huge number of things that motivate us," he said. These can range from experiences to more abstract desires like purpose or control. Social motivators can also include love, power, belonging and recognition. Neurotransmitters, or chemical messengers in the brain, maybe responsible for differences in motivation. A 2012 study published in the Journal of Neuroscience asked people to play a math game with different levels of difficulty for a monetary reward. People more willing to play the"hard" game released higher levels of the neurotransmitter dopamine in areas of the brain related to reward and motivation, namely the striatum and ventromedial prefrontal cortex.
Dopamine levels differ between individuals, the researchers said, which could also explain why some people are more persistent than others when it comes to achieving a goal.
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