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Toronto Laboratory for Social Neuroscience


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Toronto Laboratory for Social Neuroscience


What are the emotional foundations of self-control and why does it seem limited?

The Toronto Laboratory for Social Neuroscience uses methods borrowed from neuroscience, cognitive science, physiology, and the behavioural sciences to understand and explain social behaviour, including questions about the nature of self-control, which is the central focus of the lab.

 
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About Michael


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About Michael


Michael Inzlicht is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Toronto, where he is also cross-appointed as a Professor in the Rotman School of Management. He has studied prejudice, academic performance, and religion, but his most recent research is focused on the topic of self-control.

 
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Publications


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Publications


Recent Publications

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Anticipating cognitive effort: Roles of perceived error-likelihood and time demands [PDF]

Dunn, T.L., Inzlicht, M., & Risko, E.F. (in press). Psychological Research.

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Empathy is hard work: People choose to avoid empathy because of its cognitive costs [PDF]

Cameron, C.D., Hutcherson, C.A., Ferguson, A.M., Scheffer, J.A., Hadjiandreou, E., & Inzlicht, M. (2019). Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 148, 962-976

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Self-Control in Cyberspace: Applying Dual Systems Theory to a Review of Digital Self-Control Tools [PDF]

Lyngs, U., Lukoff, P., Binns, R., Slack, A., Inzlicht, M., Van Kleek, M., Shadbolt, N. (2019). In CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Proceedings (CHI 2019), May 4–9, 2019, Glasgow, Scotland UK. https://doi.org/10.1145/3290605.3300361

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News


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A Revolution Is Happening in Psychology. Here's How It's Playing Out.
A Revolution Is Happening in Psychology. Here's How It's Playing Out.

In the last decade, behavioral scientists concluded that their field had taken a wrong turn. Efforts to root out false findings and bad practices spurred a crisis now poised to transform the landscape of psychology. Psychology Today profiles four scientists who are leading the charge.

"[Pre-registration] is really gratifying. It's frustrating, too, because you realize how hard science is," Michael Inzlicht says. "There are a lot of null results out there. I've got a lot of bad ideas, it turns out. But because I want the results I publish to lean toward the truth, I'm happy with that."

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People avoid feeling empathy toward others because it is too mentally taxing
People avoid feeling empathy toward others because it is too mentally taxing

The Independent covers a new paper from the lab examining empathy's intrinsic costs. Our study suggests that people avoid feeling empathy because they think it requires too much mental effort. Defined as the ability to understand the feelings of another person, empathy can facilitate positive social or helpful behaviours in an individual. However, our research suggests that people often don’t want to feel empathy, even if the feelings it produces are positive.

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Why your desk job is so damn exhausting
Why your desk job is so damn exhausting

This is the greatest mystery of my adult life: How can I spend all day typing at a computer and go home feeling exhausted? How could merely activating the small muscles of my fingers leave me craving the couch at the end of the day? This question actually lies very close to one of the more hotly contested issues in psychology: What causes mental fatigue? Why is desk work so depleting? “It is kind of a mystery, to be honest,” says Michael Inzlicht, a University of Toronto psychologist who studies self-control, motivation, and fatigue.

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Contact


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Michael Inzlicht

Department of Psychology
University of Toronto Scarborough
1265 Military Trail
Toronto, Ontario M1C 1A4
Canada

Phone: 416-208-4826
Fax: 416-287-7642
Email: michael.inzlicht@utoronto.ca

 

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