Scientists have found evidence of a biological basis for apathy in healthy people. Research could shed light on the way some people become pathologically apathetic, for example after a stroke or with ...

Robert Marin proposed apathy to involve a "lack of motivation not attributable to diminished level of consciousness, cognitive impairment or emotional distress." [1] To understand what apathy is (and ...

Higher initial amyloid levels in certain brain regions of older adults with no cognitive or psychiatric symptoms at baseline are associated with greater informant-rated but not self-rated apathy at ...

Apathy is considered a negative state to be avoided or overcome. In popular usage, apathy is defined as an absence of passion, emotion, or excitement, or a lack of interest or concern for things ...

Why Christians slide into spiritual apathy, and how they can recover. Believers often describe the Christian life as a series of peaks and valleys, with periods of joyful discipleship followed by ...

When brain scientists at Oxford University studied apathy, they didn't expect to see less motivated people making more effort. Their results suggest that for some people traditionally perceived as ...