Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Willpower And The 'Slacker' Brain

This time, you say to yourself, this time I will do 50 chin-ups every day or skip dessert or call my mother every Friday. It's time to do those things that I know, I really, really know I should do.

And then you don't.

According to British psychologist Richard Wiseman, 88 percent of all resolutions end in failure. Those are his findings from a 2007 University of Hertfordshire study of more than 3,000 people.

How come so many attempts at willpower lose both their will and their power?

Willpower And The 'Slacker' Brain

by Robert Krulwich on NPR January 26, 2010

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