As for a higher level psychological effect, I'm not aware of any studies (as that is also farther away from my field of study), and I'd also like to know of any

As for a higher level psychological effect, I'm not aware of any studies (as that is also farther away from my field of study), and I'd also like to know of any. As for the underlying neurobiology, I think [0] is a decent study for identifying the relevant regions involved in procrastination in particular, and [1] is a good review about PFC plasticity. Of course that individually doesn't indicate a higher level effect, but dismissing it altogether in the same breath as ego depletion also doesn't seem right. [0]: https://www.nature.com/articles/srep33203 https://www.nature.com/articles/srep33203 [1]: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2013.06.028 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2013.06.028