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 ...

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 ...

How acedia became the enemy of our souls. The concept of apathy has a long history in the Western world. We are not the only culture to treat it as “cool.” The great philosophers of the past debated ...

When you don’t get enough sleep you often feel lack of energy, or a lack of “get up and go” that is different from just feeling tired. I can feel tired and yet still feel motivated, focused, ...