Does willpower run out like a battery?

Martin Hagger et al. · A Multilab Preregistered Replication of the Ego-Depletion Effect · 2016

D · Failed replication

Twenty-three labs, preregistered protocol, 2,141 participants: the ego-depletion effect was d = 0.04 and not distinguishable from zero. The 'willpower as a depletable resource' story that dominated self-control writing for two decades did not replicate under controlled conditions.

ProbeNotice where you explain a failure as 'no willpower left'. Substitute one situational explanation and one planning explanation.

Source: Martin Hagger et al., A Multilab Preregistered Replication of the Ego-Depletion Effect (2016)

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Is a felt sense of meaning the same as a life that means something?

Does willpower run out like a battery?

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