Research shows that delaying important tasks is often driven by how the brain processes stress and threat—not by poor time ...

New research has discovered that a neural circuit may explain procrastination. Scientists were able to disrupt this ...

Self-harming and self-sabotaging behaviors, from skin picking to ghosting people, all stem from evolutionary survival mechanisms, according to a compelling new psychological analysis.

A pesky “motivation brake” may control when we can be bothered to do something, and when we’d rather put it off.

In his new book, Wait: The Art and Science of Delay, Frank Partnoy claims that when faced with a decision, we should assess how long we have to make it, and then wait until the last possible moment to ...

Ironically, here’s a video about the science of procrastination that you can watch to avoid doing some other task. But it’s not quite the singularity that it could be, because it also gives you some ...

We’ve all heard of procrastination—the art of putting off until tomorrow (or next year) what could be done today. But have you met its hyper-enthusiastic cousin, pre-crastination? Instead of lounging ...

There’s nothing more uplifting than hearing about a world-shaking, life-enhancing new development. But science shouldn’t overlook the small stuff, or stop looking for new species of cute, fluffy ...

We all know the drill: It’s late, and we should be winding down—but somehow, we end up scrolling through our phones, binge-watching another episode, finishing up some last-minute work, or getting ...

Not all bad habits are necessarily something to be kicked. Here are two that can become your secret superpowers, according to ...