{"pk":24024,"title":"Optimal and sub-optimal temporal decisions can explain procrastination in a real-world task","subtitle":null,"abstract":"Procrastination is a universal phenomenon, with a significant\nproportion of the population reporting interference and even\nharm from such delays. Why do people put off tasks despite\nwhat are apparently their best intentions, and why do they de-\nliberately defer in the face of prospective failure? Past research\nshows that procrastination is a heterogeneous construct with\npossibly diverse causes. To grapple with the complexity of the\ntopic, we construct a taxonomy of different types of procrasti-\nnation and potential sources for each type. We simulate com-\npletion patterns from three broad model types: exponential or\ninconsistent temporal discounting, and waiting for interesting\ntasks; and provide some preliminary evidence, through com-\nparisons with real-world data, of the plausibility of multiple\ntypes of, and pathways for, procrastination.","language":"eng","license":{"name":"","short_name":"","text":null,"url":""},"keywords":[{"word":"Cognitive Neuroscience; Education; Psychology; Decision making; Computational Modeling"}],"section":"Papers with Poster Presentation","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2mg517js","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Sahiti","middle_name":"","last_name":"Chebolu","name_suffix":"","institution":"Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics","department":""},{"first_name":"Peter","middle_name":"","last_name":"Dayan","name_suffix":"","institution":"Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics","department":""}],"date_submitted":null,"date_accepted":null,"date_published":"2024-01-01T18:00:00Z","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"PDF","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cognitivesciencesociety/article/24024/galley/13618/download/"},{"label":"PDF","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cognitivesciencesociety/article/24024/galley/21434/download/"}]}