One of my brightest students claims that he spends every minute of every day fighting an internal battle between the desire to procrastinate and the need to revise for his exams. Most students would agree that procrastination usually wins this battle. During the Christmas holidays the number of people visiting this website dropped to less than fifty per day. This is surprising considering that there was an important AS Psychology exam on January 8. Surely students would use the holiday period to spend every waking minute preparing for their exams? I was not surprised that there was a large increase in visitors to this site on the evening of January 7.According to new research there may be a very easy way to reduce procrastination. Sean McCrea and his colleagues believe they have discovered why people procrastinate and how to stop procrastination.

Smoking during pregnancy leads to aggression in children, according to a new study published in the journal Development and Psychopathology. After taking into account other factors that also increased aggressive behaviour, such as low income and mothers with a history of antisocial behaviour, smoking was still found to be an aggravating factor.

A new study into Bulimia Nervosa has found that females with the disorder are more impulsive than those without it, and this impulsivity is reflected in their inability to activate certain brain areas responsible for self control.

Photo Credit If your new year's resolution is to give up smoking, you may find that brief bursts of exercise may reduce your cravings, according to research presented by Professor Adrian Taylor from the University of Exeter at the Annual Conference of the British Psychological Society’s Division of Clinical Psychology earlier this month.

If you are studying the "Biological Rhythms, Sleep and Dreaming" option for the A2 Psychology Unit 4 exam, you may be interested in some new research that appears to show that the type of diet a person eats can disrupt their circadian rhythms.