Pre-crastination: Extra Physical Effort for Mind-Clearing in Reaching, Walking, and Other Activities

David A. Rosenbaum; Hunter B. Sturgill; Iman Feghhi

doi:10.20338/bjmb.v17i1.347

Pre-crastination: Extra Physical Effort for Mind-Clearing in Reaching, Walking, and Other Activities

Authors

David A. Rosenbaum Department of Psychology, University of California – Riverside, Riverside, CA, USA - david.rosenbaum@ucr.edu
Hunter B. Sturgill Department of Psychology, University of California – Riverside, Riverside, CA, USA
Iman Feghhi Department of Psychology, Wagner College, Staten Island, NY, USA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.20338/bjmb.v17i1.347

Keywords:

Effort, Pre-crastination, Reaching, Walking

Abstract

Background: In this opinion we consider the roles of physical and cognitive effort in choosing between actions that make different physical and cognitive demands.

View of the past: In choosing between a less or more demanding physical task, the cognitive effort of each was not expected to have a large effect.

Current state: However, people are willing to expend extra physical effort to clear their minds (to avoid cognitive effort), a phenomenon called pre-crastination.

Future perspective: Because pre-crastination can lead to premature decisions, a new priority is to understand the tradeoffs between physical and mental effort.

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2023-04-10

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Rosenbaum, D. A., Sturgill, H. B., & Feghhi, I. (2023). Pre-crastination: Extra Physical Effort for Mind-Clearing in Reaching, Walking, and Other Activities. Brazilian Journal of Motor Behavior, 17(1), 1–2. https://doi.org/10.20338/bjmb.v17i1.347

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Vol. 17 No. 1 (2023)

Section

Current Opinion articles

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