Behaviors have intentional goals—what we plan or try to do—and tacit goals—what we implicitly try to do. Tacit goals are automatic behavioral impulses, based on autopilot judgments. Intentional and ...

Researchers at the University of Cambridge have discovered a specific brain region that underlies “goal-directed behavior”—that is, when we consciously do something with a particular goal in mind, say ...

Hunger can drive a motivational state that leads an animal to a successful pursuit of a goal—foraging for and finding food. In a highly novel study published in Current Biology, researchers at the ...

Setting development goals is easy; achieving them is hard. For this article, let's define a development goal as any desired behavior change, perspective, or approach that would only happen with direct ...

To begin a Positive Behavior Interventions and Support program, schools start with five goals: maximizing the classroom’s physical space, teacher engagement with students, and explanations and use of ...