You want that new video game so badly, but you’re trying to knock your credit card balance down. Or you’re binging your favorite TV show and can’t wait to find out if a character lives, but it’s late, ...

The strength model of willpower enjoys both supporters and critics, earning both influence and critique since its development in the mid-'90s. It is often cited in discussions around psychology’s ...

In Experiment 1, participants were randomly assigned to one of three groups: concurrent feedback, terminal feedback, or self-controlled feedback. The procedure included a pre-test, practice session, ...

People who can delay gratification and master their impulses thrive in life. And experts say that you can learn skills to rein in bad habits. By Christina Caron We tend to respect and even idolize ...

The new year is a time when we all try to turn over a new leaf by getting rid of bad habits and developing new ones in their place. But as we all know from personal experience, most New Year’s ...

For many, self-control is synonymous with impulse inhibition: effortfully exerting willpower to overcome automatic desires. Recently, some researchers have proposed alternatives that de-emphasize or ...

Research indicates that mental fatigue causes brain activity similar to sleep in decision-making areas, leading to increased aggression and reduced cooperation in social interactions. A study reveals ...

In this paper, we demonstrate that prolonged exertion of self-control via cognitively demanding tasks induces a state of fatigue marked by the emergence of sleep-like brain activity within the ...