Researchers Stop Procrastinating About Procrastination
https://www.health24.com/Mental-Health/Brain/News/scientists-finally-get-around-to-finding-procrastinations-home-in-the-brain-20180907
When it comes to procrastination, there's not a lot of research done on the topic. This is may be because procrastination may be mainly due a to result of a number of things working together to cause someone to procrastinate. The article I've chosen discusses the beginning on research in this area of brain functioning of how our minds are actually involved when someone puts things off in comparison to a person who gets task done immediately. The article states that German researchers have found that people who procrastinate more have a larger amygdala than those who do not. Procrastinators also have a weaker communication between the amygdala and the dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (Dorsal ACC). This study included MRI scans of 264 men and women therefore being the first or one of the first neurological bases for lack of motivation which they also called poor action control. Researchers state that since the amygdala is what helps us be aware about the negative consequences of some of our actions, larger amygdala may make us more anxious about the negative consequences which can lead to procrastinating. Also since the Dorsal ACC is involved in our decision-making, they believe along with having a larger amygdala, the communication between the amygdala and our dorsal ACC is impaired therefore leading to even more procrastination. The article again states this is simply the beginning to the science behind procrastination but it at least shows there in fact is a neurological reason behind procrastinating rather than just having terrible time management. The article also states that researchers have yet to find any training that could help change the effects of this and that it all also very much depends on nurture as much as nature, just like most our bio-psychological findings do.
This article relates to our biopsych class because it connects the way we are physically and emotionally motivated in our daily task or big projects with the way our brain works and communicates. In our biopsych class, we recently learned how the amygdala works in our brain in relation to our emotions. Our amygdala is mainly involved in our fear and anxiety which is largely a part of the reason people may procrastinate, be it that they are anxious about the length of the task, the time it will take, the importance of it, people's anxiety and fear goes through the roof therefore to avoid feeling those feelings, we put things off. In class, we also discussed how the amygdala is controlled by the prefrontal cortex and how the prefrontal cortex is what "presses the brakes" on our amygdala, this is also where our dorsal anterior cingulate cortex is located by. This article explains the science behind procrastination in our brains where in our biopsyc. class, we also discuss its effects on our overall emotions.
When it comes to procrastination, there's not a lot of research done on the topic. This is may be because procrastination may be mainly due a to result of a number of things working together to cause someone to procrastinate. The article I've chosen discusses the beginning on research in this area of brain functioning of how our minds are actually involved when someone puts things off in comparison to a person who gets task done immediately. The article states that German researchers have found that people who procrastinate more have a larger amygdala than those who do not. Procrastinators also have a weaker communication between the amygdala and the dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (Dorsal ACC). This study included MRI scans of 264 men and women therefore being the first or one of the first neurological bases for lack of motivation which they also called poor action control. Researchers state that since the amygdala is what helps us be aware about the negative consequences of some of our actions, larger amygdala may make us more anxious about the negative consequences which can lead to procrastinating. Also since the Dorsal ACC is involved in our decision-making, they believe along with having a larger amygdala, the communication between the amygdala and our dorsal ACC is impaired therefore leading to even more procrastination. The article again states this is simply the beginning to the science behind procrastination but it at least shows there in fact is a neurological reason behind procrastinating rather than just having terrible time management. The article also states that researchers have yet to find any training that could help change the effects of this and that it all also very much depends on nurture as much as nature, just like most our bio-psychological findings do.
This article relates to our biopsych class because it connects the way we are physically and emotionally motivated in our daily task or big projects with the way our brain works and communicates. In our biopsych class, we recently learned how the amygdala works in our brain in relation to our emotions. Our amygdala is mainly involved in our fear and anxiety which is largely a part of the reason people may procrastinate, be it that they are anxious about the length of the task, the time it will take, the importance of it, people's anxiety and fear goes through the roof therefore to avoid feeling those feelings, we put things off. In class, we also discussed how the amygdala is controlled by the prefrontal cortex and how the prefrontal cortex is what "presses the brakes" on our amygdala, this is also where our dorsal anterior cingulate cortex is located by. This article explains the science behind procrastination in our brains where in our biopsyc. class, we also discuss its effects on our overall emotions.
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