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Making Choices Impairs Subsequent Self-Control

8 January, 2009 - 10:44am - clement

this article says that the act of making choices depletes the same psychological resource we use to stay on task.

I certainly find that i am face with an overwhelming number of choices every day. Sometimes i feel like everything is a choice and nothing is a forgone conclusion.

And i feel that is exhausting. Maybe these researchers are onto something.

summary article: http://www.apa.org/releases/manychoices0408.html

full article: http://www.apa.org/journals/releases/psp945883.pdf

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