Masud Husain
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Professor of Neurology at the University of Oxford, whose research covers apathy, motivation, attention and Alzheimer's disease.
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Motivated and apathetic people are indistinguishable when the reward is large; the whole difference between them shows up over small rewards. (opens korrents.com)
“We find that everyone is willing to work for high rewards. But the difference between motivated people and apathetic people is at the level of the low rewards. Apathetic people are more inclined to say, "Nah, I don't…”
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Motivation is not a personality trait but a biology, and when that biology fails a person can lose motivation entirely. (opens korrents.com)
“it was only about 15 years ago I started beginning to be aware that there may be a an important biology underlying motivation and when that biology goes wrong, it can lead to loss of motivation and even pathological…”
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Apathy and depression are different conditions, not degrees of one thing: a person can lose all motivation while remaining perfectly happy. (opens korrents.com)
“there are some people who have pure apathy, no depression like David. And there are other people who can be depressed, they can be sad, they can be hopeless about the future, but they don't necessarily lose motivation.…”
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Motivated and apathetic people are indistinguishable when the reward is large; the whole difference between them shows up over small rewards. (opens korrents.com)