Having trouble starting a tedious task? This new study explains why

You know that feeling when you know something will be good for you: exercising, writing the email, doing the taxes, and yet you just can’t start? That’s not a character flaw. It might be your brain.
A new study published in the science journal, Current Biology has identified a specific brain circuit that controls whether we even begin an unpleasant task and it’s separate from the part of the brain that evaluates the reward at the end. Neuroscientist and science communicator Dr. Samantha Yammine, also known as Science Sam, spoke to Andrew Carter.