A Brain Mechanism Explains Why People Leave Certain Tasks for Later
A ventral striatum–ventral pallidum circuit reduces motivation and causes postponement of actions when those actions are associated with anticipated unpleasant experiences.
Do you leave everything for later? Japanese scientists have found the reason in the brain
A neural circuit connecting the ventral striatum to the ventral pallidum can inhibit action initiation, braking motivation even when rewards are accurately evaluated.
