Ego Depletion

Vohs et al 2011

24 hours of sleep deprivation, performed poorly on tasks

Kurzban 2010

Disagree with glucose, saying the amount of sugar used is the size of a tictac

Gailliot et al 2009

Glucose reduced stereotyping

Manning et al 2014

Higher neuroticism resulted in wanted immediate rewards

Muraven et al 2008

Lifting someone's mood with comedy videos and surprise gifts helps with self-control

Baumeister et al 1998

M&Ms, chocolate chip cookies, radishes--> ego depletion--> engage in different tasks that require self-control like puzzles, stroop task--> performed poorly on tasks when trying not to eat M&Ms

Hagger et al 2010

Meta analysis of 198 experiments concluded that ego depletion was real and reliable

Molden et al 2012

Simply gargling sweet liquid and not swallowing helped with self-control

Mischel 1980

The Marshmallow tests--> children who waited longer tended to have better life outcomes like BMI, SAT Scores and educational attainment--> had to distract themself--> 4 to 6

Gailliot et al 2007

Brains that are working hard to maintain self-control consume glucose faster--> restoring glucose seems to reboot willpower--> drinking sugar sweetened lemonade versus sugar free

Carlson et al 2005

Children aged 3-4 need to point to smaller amount of treats to receive larger amonts, all indicated larger amounts--> 4 year old performed better

Papies et al 2011

Mindfulness training can help with self-control

Inzlicht and Schmeichel 2012

Not resource depletion, but a shit in attention and motivation

Inzlicht and Gutsell 2009

Supressing emotions made people perform poorly on stroop tests

Reimans et al 2009

Temporal discounting in adults is a symbol of self control

Richeson and Shelton 2003

Whites had a difficult time discussing racial politics with black scientists--> completed IAT and stroop tests, had a difficult time completing stroop test accurately

Job et al 2010

Willpower is not about depletion, but the individual beliefs of whether or not willpower can decrease