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Addiction, procrastination, and failure points in decision-making systems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 July 2008

Chrisoula Andreou
Chrisoula Andreou
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112. c.andreou@utah.eduhttp://www.hum.utah.edu/philosophy/?module=facultyDetails&personId=137&orgId=300
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Abstract

Redish et al. suggest that their failures-in-decision-making framework for understanding addiction can also contribute to improving our understanding of a variety of psychiatric disorders. In the spirit of reflecting on the significance and scope of their research, I briefly develop the idea that their framework can also contribute to improving our understanding of the pervasive problem of procrastination.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 31 , Issue 4 , August 2008 , pp. 439 - 440
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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