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Action

Train yourself to approach tasks

Approach-avoidance or bias-modification training: repeatedly pull task cues toward you and push distractions away.

A young man in a checked sweater reaches across a table, pulls a card from a stack toward him and drops it in a basket.

Studies (1)

  1. Paper

    Two group talks and daily phone swipe practice helped people put things off less
    TestedHelped

    Two group talks and two weeks of daily app practice helped people put things off less than waiting.

    Small randomised trial of 31 young adults in Germany, mostly students · vs people who waited and only filled in questionnaires · they rated themselves · ⚠ only counted people who finished; numbers unreliable

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