# @fixelinstitute on Facebook

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- **Posted:** 2025-03-22T21:00:41.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Grace Huff (@GraceHuff3) — https://gondola.cc/GraceHuff3

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Understanding Motivation in Parkinson's Disease
• Background: Many with Parkinson's disease (PD) experience motivational issues like apathy and impulse control disorders, often remaining undiagnosed due to poor measurement tools.

• Purpose: This study evaluates a new task (COG-EEfRT) that measures cognitive effort to assess motivation.

• Methods: 95 non-demented PD participants completed cognitive tests and the COG-EEfRT, finding 36.8% showed significant apathy and 48.4% had impulse control disorders.

• Results: Effort levels predicted apathy and impulse control status with high accuracy (88.2% and 82.4%), highlighting cognitive factors' importance.

• Conclusion: The COG-EEfRT shows promise for assessing motivational issues in PD, suggesting cognitive tasks may be more beneficial.

💡 Why It Matters: This research could enhance the understanding and diagnosis of motivational challenges in Parkinson's disease. #ParkinsonsDisease #Motivation #ResearchInsights

Full Study: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1353802025000963

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researchinsights, motivation, parkinsonsdisease

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