The ego-depletion myth
One of the most popular folk psychology may be the belief that self-control is somehow "spent."
The idea received support in the late 1990s and has been cited over three thousand times by academic peers.
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The theory of 'ego depletion' refers to the idea that there is a connection between willpower and one's limited reserve of mental energy.
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