this post was submitted on 29 Jan 2026
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[–] squirrel@piefed.kobel.fyi 8 points 4 months ago
  • Do half of the task
  • Do 1/4 of another task
  • Stare at something for a while
  • Start a third task
[–] bluegreenpurplepink@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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 points 4 months ago

i sometimes literally don't know if i did something or if i just thought about it

[–] ludu@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago

…Maybe I should get diagnosed.