With intrinsic motivation, you increase focus because you want to focus. External rewards can also be powerful, but they may change, and once your attitude toward the reward changes, you undermine intrinsic motivation. This is called “motivational crowding-out[13]”– if you are intrinsically mo...
While aerobic exercise is the optimal form of exercise for improving concentration, it’s best just to do what you can. Even a quick 5 minute jog around campus is better than no physical activity at all. As a student, you probably have difficulty finding time to exercise with a busy sched...