The colloquial term “hangry” refers to the notion that people become angry when hungry, but
very little research has directly determined the extent to which the relationship between …

Why do some mental activities feel harder than others? The answer to this question is
surprisingly controversial. Current theories propose that cognitive effort affords a …

Feeling like doing something is not the same as deciding to do it. You may have an
inclination to do it, but there is still a moment where you can decide to do it or not. This …

Many educators ask their students to conduct research using online information sources.
Such sources vary in trustworthiness and quality and despite conventional wisdom, students …

Ego depletion refers to decrements in self-control performance resulting from prior use of
self-control. The ego depletion effect has received much research attention, but the more …

Bullshitting involves communicating with little to no regard for truth, established knowledge,
or genuine evidence in a way that helps people impress, persuade, influence, or confuse …

Making decisions over extended periods of time is cognitively taxing and can lead to
decision fatigue, which is linked to a preference for the 'default'option, namely whatever …

This paper examines the effect of religious fasting on truth‐telling using a laboratory
experiment in Egypt. While fasting‐induced religiosity may promote truth‐telling, the …

Ego depletion is embroiled in a crisis that has cast doubts over the legitimacy of the
phenomenon itself and its theoretical explanation. I first summarize and analyze the strength …

This paper examines the effect of reduced self-control on impulsive borrowing in a
laboratory experiment. We manipulate self-control using an ego depletion task and show …