Essentials of Mental Health and Effective Studying Support for Medical Faculty Students

Week 5: Increasing Your Learning Efficiency II - fighting off procrastination; lecturer Tatiana Malatincová


1.1 The story of a procrastinator

In this videolecture: What procrastination looks like and what it is really all about

1.2 Thinking about future goals and states

In this videolecture: What does it mean that people are impulsive? How do we perceive our past and future selves? What is the most striking difference between non-procrastinators and procrastinators?

2.1 Self-regulation and impulsivity

In this videolecture: What is self-regulation and what do we need in order to self-regulate effectively

2.2 The most common distractions

In this videolecture: What distracts students most when studying and why

2.3 Media: The weapons of mass distraction

What makes media such potent distractions?

2.4 Habits

How habits are formed and broken, and why they are so important for self-regulation