Turning Slackers into Workaholics
Scientists have discovered a way to block reception of dopamine, resulting in monkeys that do not procrastinate as much. To quote from the article: "They work more efficiently -- make fewer errors -- as they get closer to being rewarded. But without the dopamine receptor, they consistently stayed on-task and made few errors, because they could no longer learn to use visual cues to predict how their work was going to get them a reward."
I'm sure someone out there is already dreaming of a way to add this to the water cooler at work to make more productive wage slaves.
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