"Motivation" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Those factors which cause an organism to behave or act in either a goal-seeking or satisfying manner. They may be influenced by physiological drives or by external stimuli.
| Descriptor ID |
D009042
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.658 F01.752.543.500.750
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| Concept/Terms |
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Motivation".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Motivation".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Motivation" by people in this website by year, and whether "Motivation" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1996 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 1997 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2000 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2001 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2002 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2004 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2005 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2006 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 2007 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2008 | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| 2009 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2010 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2011 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 2012 | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| 2013 | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| 2014 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2015 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2016 | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| 2017 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 2018 | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| 2019 | 12 | 5 | 17 |
| 2020 | 6 | 11 | 17 |
| 2021 | 9 | 14 | 23 |
| 2022 | 4 | 10 | 14 |
| 2023 | 3 | 9 | 12 |
| 2024 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Motivation" by people in Profiles.
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Exploring the Role of Reward Functioning in the Overlap of Post-Traumatic Stress and Cocaine Use Disorder. Subst Use Misuse. 2025; 60(6):926-932.
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Similarities and differences in the functions of non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) across gender non-conforming and cisgender young adults. J Affect Disord. 2024 Dec 15; 367:496-506.
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Association of Daily Physical Activity With Motivation in Prefrail and Frail Older Adults Living in Retirement Communities. J Aging Phys Act. 2025 Apr 01; 33(2):124-131.
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Association between functional capacity and motivation to engage in physical activity before surgery. Anaesthesia. 2024 Oct; 79(10):1122-1124.
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Develop Your CORE2 for Career Flourishing: A Career Development Workshop for Hospitalists. MedEdPORTAL. 2024; 20:11387.
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A Transdiagnostic Study of Effort-Cost Decision-Making in Psychotic and Mood Disorders. Schizophr Bull. 2024 03 07; 50(2):339-348.
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Lack of effect of methamphetamine on reward-related brain activity in healthy adults. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2024 Jan; 241(1):181-193.
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The Role of Family in Diabetes Management for Mexican American Adults. Hisp Health Care Int. 2024 06; 22(2):109-118.
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Cognitive perspectives on maintaining physicians' medical expertise: V. Using a motivational framework to understand the benefits and costs of testing. Cogn Res Princ Implic. 2023 10 10; 8(1):64.
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Social Psychopharmacology: Novel Approaches to Treat Deficits in Social Motivation in Schizophrenia. Schizophr Bull. 2023 09 07; 49(5):1161-1173.