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