The power of the human spirit is as strong as we allow it to be. Finding hope when you're going through difficult times is one of the most important things you can do for yourself, and we all have ...

New research (Selinger et al., 2022) suggests that human runners evolved to run at an energy-efficient pace that makes it difficult for most joggers to burn a lot of calories unless they make a ...

When I started teaching back in 1999, I had a problem. As students finished their final assignments in my educational psychology courses and went off to become teachers, they were pretty good at ...

Staying motivated during a workout can prove to be quite tricky — especially during summer when you could be doing so many other fun things with your free time. But there’s one sure-fire way to keep ...

With the thrill of New Year’s resolutions behind us and a long winter ahead, it can be hard to keep going with workout goals. But sometimes, all you need is the right song to give you the push you ...

Listening to motivational music increases risk-taking behavior during sport activities and exercise -- particularly in men and when participants made their own playlist -- but does not improve ...

The sound of a beating heart or labored breathing may make even basic exercise feel harder, but there may be something to cloaking that sound with a carefully constructed playlist. The results of a 24 ...

The bitter-sweet time has finally come along where students find themselves almost back at home with their friends and family, but the hell that is finals stands in the way. Though these songs may not ...

Matthew Stork is a post-doctoral research fellow in the School of Health and Exercise Sciences at the University of British Columbia's Okanagan campus in Canada. Stork is an expert on the psychology ...

According to a new study published in the journal Psychology of Sport & Exercise, upbeat music helps give you the motivation to tackle high-intensity workouts. Researchers found that when the ...