Tam, K.Y.Y. & Inzlicht, M. (in press). Fast-forward to boredom: How switching behaviour on digital media makes people more bored. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General
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Inzlicht, M., Sparrow-Mungal, T.B., & Depow, G.J. (2024). Social and Personality Psychological Science, 16, 3-14.
Wu, Ferguson, & Inzlicht, M. (2023). Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 152, 1069-1079.
Bambrah, V., Cameron, C.D., & Inzlicht, M. (2022). Motivation and Emotion, 46, 171-196.
Scheffer, J.A., Cameron, C.D., & Inzlicht, M. (2022). Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 151, 172-196.
Milyavskaya, M., Galla, B.M., Inzlicht, M., & Duckworth, A.L. (2021). Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 755858.
Gieseler, K., Inzlicht, M., & Friese, M. (in press). Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 90, 104008.
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Ferguson, A.M., Cameron, C.D., & Inzlicht, M. (2020). Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 90, 104010.
Milyavskaya, M., Inzlicht, M., Johnson, T., & Larson, M.J. (2019). Neuropsychologia, 123, 159-168.
Inzlicht, M., Shenhav, A., & Olivola, C.Y. (2018). Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 4, 337-349.
Saunders, B., Riesel, A., Klawohn, J., & Inzlicht, M. (2018). Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 147, 1066-1077.
Milyavskaya, M.,& Inzlicht, M. (2018). In D. de Ridder, M. Adriaanse, and K. Fujita (Eds). The Routledge International Handbook of Self-Control in Health and Well-Being (pp. 11-24). New York: Routledge.
Randles, D., Harlow, I., & Inzlicht, M. (2017). PLoS One, 12, e0182980
Saunders, B., Lin, H., Milyavskaya, M., & Inzlicht, M. (2017). International Journal of Psychophysiology, 119, 31-40.
Francis, Z., & Inzlicht, M. (2016). In E. Hirt (Ed.), Self-Regulation and Ego Control (pp.373-398). New York: Elsevier.
Inzlicht, M., & Marcora, S.M. (2016). Frontiers in Psychology, 7: 656.
Inzlicht, M., & Schmeichel, B. J. (2016). In K. Vohs & R. Baumeister (Eds.), Handbook of Self-Regulation (pp. 165-181) (3rd edition). New York: Guilford Press.
Inzlicht, M., Berkman, E., & Elkins-Brown, N. (2016). In E. Harmon-Jones & M. Inzlicht (Eds.), Social Neuroscience: Biological Approaches to Social Psychology (pp. 101-123). New York: Routledge.
Milyavskaya, M., Inzlicht, M., Hope, N., & Koestner, R. (2015). Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 109, 677-693.
Inzlicht, M., & Berkman, E. (2015). Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 9/10, 511-524.
Winkielman, P., Inzlicht, M., & Harmon-Jones, E. (2015). Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 38 (e71), 45-47. doi:10.1017/S0140525X14000120, e71
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Inzlicht, M., Bartholow, B. D., & Hirsh, J. B. (2015). Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 19, 126-132. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2015.01.004.
Inzlicht, M., Legault, L., & Teper, R. (2014). Current Directions in Psychological Science, 23, 302-307. doi:10.1177/0963721414534256.
Inzlicht, M., Schmeichel, B. J., & Macrae, C. N. (2014). Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 18, 127-133. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2013.12.009.
Inzlicht, M., & Schmeichel, B. J. (2013). Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 36, 695-696.
Legault, L., & Inzlicht, M. (2013). Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 105, 123-138. doi:10.1037/a0030426
Proudfit, G. H., Inzlicht, M., & Mennin, D. (2013). Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 7, 636. doi:10.3389/fnhum.2013.00636
Inzlicht, M., & Schmeichel, B. J. (2012). Perspectives on Psychological Science, 7, 450-463. doi:10.1177/1745691612454134
* Winner of 2012 ISCON Best Social Cognition Paper Award
Legault, L., Gutsell, J. N., & Inzlicht, M. (2011). Psychological Science, 22, 1472–1477.
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