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However, what's surprising is that procrastination isn't always negative. For
example, some studies show that ignoring a project for a little bit can lead to
more creativity in how you approach it. Participants in one study were split
into two groups and asked to come up with new business ideas. One group
started the task immediately, and the other group played computer games
for five minutes before starting the task. The people who delayed their work
had ideas that were rated twenty-eight percent more creative compared to
those who completed the task right away.
This creativity is due in part to the Zeigarnik effect. The Zeigarnik effect
asserts that our brain remembers incomplete tasks better than those that
Select the evidence that the author provides for the following supporting claim:
procrastinators often construct more creative solutions.
One study found that procrastinators worked in more creative types of jobs.
One study found that people who delayed starting a task came up with more
creative ideas.
One study found that people aren't creative after a certain amount of time on
a project.
One study found that most artists were procrastinators.