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 ...
Making decisions in uncertain situations is part of daily life. New research from the University of Minnesota Medical School has uncovered that anxiety and apathy - two common but distinct emotional ...
In March 2020, The New York Times published a photo essay titled “The Great Empty.” It was an unsettling testimony of public landscapes leached of humanity: Times Square lit up for no one, decluttered ...
Treatment with methylphenidate (Ritalin), a stimulant approved for attention deficit-hyperactivity disorders (ADHD) and narcolepsy, led to a small to medium reduction in apathy in people with ...
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 ...
While trying to fight your way out of apathy can be difficult, it is important to your well-being. Apathy at work not only affects your own mood but it can also affect those around you, it can follow ...
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 ...
Has anyone else noticed that this second Trump presidency is causing apathy among many Americans? My dictionary defines apathy, in part, as “a lack of interest in or concern for things that others ...
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