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

Most of us have experienced it: a deadline approaches, the task is perfectly doable, yet instead of starting, we suddenly ...

To bump up the noise-blocking abilities of The Isolator, the makers included an air space inside the helmet which reportedly ...

Self-harming and self-sabotaging behaviors, from skin picking to ghosting people, all stem from evolutionary survival ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Self-sabotaging actions like procrastination and perfectionism, though seemingly destructive, are actually survival instincts ...

Procrastination silently sabotages your opportunities to learn to operate at higher levels of effectiveness. Preventing learning procrastination may be among your most important self-help improvement ...

Revenge Bedtime Procrastination is a psychological response to a lack of daytime autonomy. Chronic sleep delay is linked to cardiovascular disease and impaired cognitive function. Adults typically ...

Guest Post by Dan Gordon, Ph.D. The study of history offers two competing outlooks on human nature. On the one hand, the past reveals continuity in our psychological makeup. People thousands of years ...