Nature Communications (Sep 2022)

A neuro-computational account of procrastination behavior

  • Le Bouc Raphaël,
  • Pessiglione Mathias

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33119-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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Most humans procrastinate to some extent, despite adverse consequences. Here, the authors show that how much an individual procrastinates, both in the lab and at home, relates to brain signals that reflect temporal discounting of effort cost.