You know that assignment, message or email you keep avoiding — the one that lingers in the back of your mind even as you scroll, tidy or “just check one more thing”? New research from UC Santa Barbara ...

Learn how procrastination hijacks your brain, impacting stress management and productivity, and find strategies to combat it.

Procrastination, the tendency to unnecessarily delay or put off tasks even if this will have negative consequences, is a common behavior for many people. While occasionally delaying or putting off ...

Most of us have experienced it: a deadline approaches, the task is perfectly doable, yet instead of starting, we suddenly feel compelled to tidy a drawer or reorganize the apps on our phone.

Annemieke Apergis-Schoute received funding from The Wellcome Trust for previous OCD research. Most of us have experienced it: a deadline approaches, the task is perfectly doable, yet instead of ...

Is procrastination a good thing? I just finished doing a TV interview on Al Jazeera's Riz Khan show, and that was one of the questions I and co-panelist Professor George Ainslie were asked. Dr.