What causes your brain to procrastinate and how to face it

Why do people procrastinate? A 2022 study in the journal Nature Communications suggests that a root of procrastination may lie in a cognitive bias — we believe that doing tasks will somehow be easier in the future. “You know it’s going to stink in the future just as much as it’s going to stink doing it now, but internally you just can’t help yourself,” said Samuel McClure, an associate professor of psychology and cognitive neuroscientist at Arizona State University. “It’s a fascinating phenomenon — that myopia you can’t escape — even though if you just stop and think about it, it’s ludicrous.”

tips

procrastinate：延迟；耽搁

cognitive：认知的（cognition 认知）

bias：偏见

somehow：不知何故

stink：臭味，引申为糟糕

internally：内在地

psychology：心理学（psycho- 精神的）

neuroscience：神经科学（neuro- 神经；nerval 神经的）

fascinate：令人着迷

myopia：近视；引申为短视

escape：逃亡；逃跑；避免

ludicrous：可笑的；滑稽的