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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...