You wear me out: Thinking of others causes lapses in our self-control

Monday, April 6, 2009 - 16:04 in Psychology & Sociology

Exerting self-control is exhausting. In fact, using self-control in one situation impairs our ability to use self-control in subsequent, even unrelated, situations. What about thinking of other people exerting self-control?

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