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(Ep 135) - Piers Steel - The science behind procrastination

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The Psychology of Procrastinating Students

"I used to have this joke I used when I was in the exam room that they used to have my university. They would, it was like this long kind of winding corridor," she says. "And I always thought it was like the same design they have for like sending like cattle to the slaughter." For some people, like you, okay, let's say you're starting to get, starting to kind of feel some anxiety from you,. Now you have a choice here. You could respond to that anxiety by starting studying, which is aversive, or you can use some coping, emotional coping skills to block out that anxiety. Which one is more immediately rewarded?

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