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We found that repeated mental exertion can significantly decrease people’s motivation to engage in challenging tasks, and we ...

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Vikram Chib is an associate professor of biomedical engineering at Johns Hopkins University and the Kennedy Krieger Institute. He studies the neuroscience of motivated performance and decision-making.

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