Self-Control (Or Lack Thereof) Might Be Contagious

In a just-published series of studies involving hundreds of volunteers, University of Georgia and Duke University psychologists say that watching or even thinking about someone with good self-control makes others more likely exert self-control. The research found that the opposite holds, too; people with bad self-control influence others negatively. The effect is so powerful, in fact, that seeing the name of someone with good or bad self-control flashing on a screen for just 10 milliseconds changed the behavior of volunteers. read more

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