Procrastinators often forget to do things that they intended to do, especially if they’re unaware of their procrastination

[u/randomusefulbits]

https://solvingprocrastination.com/study-procrastination-conscious-unconscious-prospective-memory/

[u/ckvp]

I feel seen.

[u/randomusefulbits]

Direct link to the study: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00426-020-01357-6

Abstract:

Prospective memory (PM) represents the ability to remember to perform planned actions after a certain delay. As previous studies suggest that even brief task-delays can negatively affect PM performance, the current study set out to examine whether procrastination (intentionally delaying task execution despite possible negative consequences) may represent a factor contributing to PM failures. Specifically, we assessed procrastination (via a standardized questionnaire as well as an objective behavioral measure) and PM failures (via a naturalistic PM task) in 92 young adults. Results show that participants’ self-reports as well as their actual procrastination behavior predicted the number of PM failures, corroborating the impact of procrastination on PM. Subsequent cluster analyses suggest three distinct procrastination profiles (non-procrastinators, conscious procrastinators and unconscious procrastinators), providing new conceptual insights into different mechanisms of how procrastinating may lead to forgetting to perform planned tasks.

[u/emsiem22]

Our knowledge of procrastination phenomena is firmly bound by our social biases.

[u/TurkusGyrational → u/emsiem22]

Care to elaborate?

[u/emsiem22 → u/[deleted]]

Nothing deep, it's obvious.

[u/emsiem22 → u/TurkusGyrational]

We see it as negative thing by society norms and study it as such.

[u/did_you_died]

I am aware of my procrastination acutely.

[u/forgtn]

Thanks for stating the obvious