Neuroscientists Decipher Procrastination: A Brain Mechanism Explains Why People Leave Certain Tasks for Later

20:09 - 14 Jan 2026

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

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