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

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

Readers of this blog will certainly know that I understand procrastination to be a problem of self-regulation. In fact, in the research literature, procrastination is seen as the quintessential ...

Two academic researchers and lecturers discuss the many factors that boost short- and long-term motivation and how to get yourself started when procrastination threatens. October 10, 2025 Motivation ...

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

Putting off things we don’t want to do or don’t enjoy is common. The Cambridge Dictionary defines procrastination as ‘the act of delaying something that must be done, often because it is unpleasant or ...

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

Someone suffering from stress or mental health problems may suddenly feel lazy or hesitant to do the most basic things.

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Struggling to start tasks but able to hyperfocus once engaged? Experts explain the ADHD procrastination-hyperfocus cycle and how to work with it.