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kestrellKes: I wonder if this has a similar link to how people with depression feel a similar lack of engagement?
As people age, they often lose their motivation to learn new things or engage in everyday activities. In a study of mice, MIT neuroscientists have now identified a brain circuit that is critical for maintaining this kind of motivation.
researchers showed that they could boost older mice’s motivation to engage in this type of learning by reactivating this circuit, and they could also decrease motivation by suppressing the circuit.
"This get-up-and-go, or engagement, is important for our social well-being and for learning — it’s tough to learn if you aren’t attending and engaged."
quote from Ann Graybiel, an Institute Professor at MIT and member of the McGovern Institute for Brain Research
https://news.mit.edu/2020/why-learn-motivate-age-decline-1027#:~:text=In%20a%20study%20of%20mice,maintaining%20this%20kind%20of%20motivation.&text=suppressing%20the%20circuit.-,%E2%80%9CAs%20we%20age%2C%20it's%20harder%20to%20have%20a%20get%2D,McGovern%20Institute%20for%20Brain%20Research.
As people age, they often lose their motivation to learn new things or engage in everyday activities. In a study of mice, MIT neuroscientists have now identified a brain circuit that is critical for maintaining this kind of motivation.
researchers showed that they could boost older mice’s motivation to engage in this type of learning by reactivating this circuit, and they could also decrease motivation by suppressing the circuit.
"This get-up-and-go, or engagement, is important for our social well-being and for learning — it’s tough to learn if you aren’t attending and engaged."
quote from Ann Graybiel, an Institute Professor at MIT and member of the McGovern Institute for Brain Research
https://news.mit.edu/2020/why-learn-motivate-age-decline-1027#:~:text=In%20a%20study%20of%20mice,maintaining%20this%20kind%20of%20motivation.&text=suppressing%20the%20circuit.-,%E2%80%9CAs%20we%20age%2C%20it's%20harder%20to%20have%20a%20get%2D,McGovern%20Institute%20for%20Brain%20Research.
