Saunders, B., Milyavskaya, M., & Inzlicht, M. (2015). Psychological Inquiry, 26, 108-115.
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Saunders, B., Milyavskaya, M., & Inzlicht, M. (2015). Psychological Inquiry, 26, 108-115.
Hobson, N. M., Saunders, B., Al-Khindi, T., & Inzlicht, M. (2014). Emotion, 14, 1014-1026.
Teper, R., Segal, Z., & Inzlicht, M. (2013). Current Directions in Psychological Science, 22, 449-454. doi: 10.1177/0963721413495869
Brown, K. W., Goodman, R, &, Inzlicht, M. (2013). Social Cognitive Affective Neuroscience, 8, 93-99. doi:10.1093/scan/nss004
Johns, M., Inzlicht, M., & Schmader, T. (2008). Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 137, 691-705.
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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