Hirsh, J. B., & Inzlicht, M. (2010). Psychophysiology, 47, 192-196.
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Hirsh, J. B., & Inzlicht, M. (2010). Psychophysiology, 47, 192-196.
Inzlicht, M. & Good, C. (2006). In S. Levin & C. van Laar (Eds.), Stigma and Group Inequality: Social Psychological Approaches (pp. 129-150). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
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Inzlicht, M. & Ben-Zeev, T. (2003). Journal of Educational Psychology, 95, 796-805.
Good, C., Aronson, J., & Inzlicht, M. (2003). Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 24, 645-662.
Inzlicht, M. & Ben-Zeev, T. (2000). Psychological Science, 11, 365-371.
Researchers conducted experiments to investigate the psychological effects of flicking by and fast-forwarding through online videos during moments of downtime
Scrolling through videos on TikTok or YouTube to avert boredom may have a decidedly unintended consequence: It can make people feel more bored, according to the paradoxical findings of a recent study published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. People seem increasingly intolerant of it, and Michael Inzlicht has a counterintuitive tip for avoiding boredom: Lean into it. Sit with the discomfort of boredom for a bit before flitting to something else. “If we’re so addicted to escaping boredom, so intolerant of boredom, it would be like a foraging animal going tree to tree, but never searching long enough to see if it bears fruit,” Inzlicht said. “Eventually, that animal will die.”
The struggle for self-control is real, and one many of us are familiar with - but is 'willpower' actually a myth? Psychology professor Michael Inzlicht has long been intrigued by how we curb our less desirable behaviours, and what it is that unites people with 'high self-control'. His research at the University of Toronto's Work and Play Lab also seeks to understand our complicated relationship with effort and empathy - and whether so-called 'empathetic AI' has a place in our future.
…This isn’t a relic of a bygone era. The idea that marijuana makes you lazy has been a recurring theme in anti-drug campaigns and remains a widely held belief. Many people still view cannabis users as unmotivated slackers, content to waste their days in a haze of smoke. But is this really true? According to recent research published in Social Psychological and Personality Science, it may be little more than a myth.
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