Brain hacks to nip procrastination in the bud (TED Radio Hour+)

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Research has found that procrastination develops when we're young and it stems from anxiety about starting a task we dread. So in this bonus episode, Manoush and psychologist and child development expert Yuko Munakata discuss techniques that can break the vicious cycle of procrastination. Munakata was featured on the TED Radio Hour episode, "Cuts Both Ways" (https://n.pr/3Bwt5hV), where she opened up about her own experience parenting a child who was born with an illness. To get access to this and other bonus episodes, sign up for TED Radio Hour+. When you do, all your episodes also become sponsor-free. That's because you are directly supporting our work and public radio. Learn more at http://plus.npr.org/ted.

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