Journal article
Precrastination: The fierce urgency of now
Learning & behavior, Vol.47(1), pp.7-28
03/2019
DOI: 10.3758/s13420-018-0358-6
PMID: 30264372
Abstract
Procrastination is a familiar and widely discussed proclivity: postponing tasks that can be done earlier. Precrastination is a lesser known and explored tendency: completing tasks quickly just to get them done sooner. Recent research suggests that precrastination may represent an important penchant that can be observed in both people and animals. This paper reviews evidence concerned with precrastination and connects that evidence with a long history of interest in anticipatory learning, distance reception, and brain evolution. Discussion unfolds to encompass several related topics including impulsivity, planning, and self-control. Precrastination may be a new term in the psychological lexicon, but it may be a predisposition with an extended evolutionary history. Placing precrastination within the general rubric of anticipatory action may yield important insights into both adaptive and maladaptive behavior.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Precrastination: The fierce urgency of now
- Creators
- Edward A Wasserman - Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, The University of Iowa, 301 East Jefferson Street, Iowa City, IA, 52242, USA. ed-wasserman@uiowa.edu
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Learning & behavior, Vol.47(1), pp.7-28
- Publisher
- United States
- DOI
- 10.3758/s13420-018-0358-6
- PMID
- 30264372
- ISSN
- 1543-4494
- eISSN
- 1543-4508
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/2019
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences; Iowa Neuroscience Institute
- Record Identifier
- 9984070960602771
Metrics
25 Record Views