Randles, D., Inzlicht, M., Proulx, T., Tullett, A.M., & Heine, S. (2015). Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 108, 697-710.
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Randles, D., Inzlicht, M., Proulx, T., Tullett, A.M., & Heine, S. (2015). Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 108, 697-710.
Tullett, A.M., Kay, A., & Inzlicht, M. (2015). Social Cognitive Affective Neuroscience, 10, 628-635.
Tullett, A., Prentice, M., Nash, K., Teper, R., Inzlicht, M., & McGregor, I. (2013). In K. Markman, T. Proulx, & M. Linberg (Eds.). The Psychology of Meaning (pp. 401-419). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Proulx, T., & Inzlicht, M. (2012). Psychological Inquiry, 23, 317-335.
Proulx, T., & Inzlicht, M. (2012). Psychological Inquiry, 23, 386-396.
Tritt, S. M., Inzlicht, M., & Harmon-Jones, E. (2012). Social Cognition, 6, 715-733.
Proulx, T., Inzlicht, M., & Harmon-Jones, E. (2012). Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 16, 285-291.
Tullett, A. M., Teper, R., & Inzlicht, M. (2011). Perspectives on Psychological Science, 6, 447-453.
McGregor, I., Nash, K., & Inzlicht, M. (2009). Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 45, 1003-1007.
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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