There was a study done that discovered people with vivid imaginations would imagine they were doing a certain task that they needed to do, and their imagination of doing it was so powerful that their brain checked it off as being done. I wish I had the citation for this, but I can't find it.
So you get the satisfaction reward for accomplishing your tasks without actually doing them.
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squirrel@piefed.kobel.fyi · 10 pts · 207d
bluegreenpurplepink@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 207d
There was a study done that discovered people with vivid imaginations would imagine they were doing a certain task that they needed to do, and their imagination of doing it was so powerful that their brain checked it off as being done. I wish I had the citation for this, but I can't find it.
So you get the satisfaction reward for accomplishing your tasks without actually doing them.
I think this mechanism explains some things.
not_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 206d
i sometimes literally don't know if i did something or if i just thought about it
zeca@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 207d
Im on a streak since november with the same task.
plyth@feddit.org · 3 pts · 207d
Of which year?
SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 207d
Actually it'll be the first thing I do tomorrow when I wake up at 6am 😊
ludu@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 207d
…Maybe I should get diagnosed.