What We Get WRONG About Self-Control! (Hint: You Don't Have It … Sometimes)
Do you have self-control?
Of course, your intuitive response to this question is probably “It depends”.
Sure, it’s easy to curb your chocolate craving at 9:30 in the morning … but not so much at 9:30 at night.
However, if this is the case, why do we so often treat things like inhibition and self-control as static, inborn traits?
In this video, I look at a new piece of research relevant to this question:
** On the (Un)reliability of the Stop Signal Task: Measures of Inhibition Lack Stability Over Time (Christina Thunberg et al, 2024)
It doesn’t offer a ton of answers, but it raises several important questions.
#selfcontrol #inhibition #research
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JARED COONEY HORVATH | PhD, MEd
Dr. Jared Cooney Horvath is an award-winning cognitive neuroscientist, best-selling author and renowned keynote speaker with an expertise in human learning, memory, and brain stimulation.
Dr. Horvath has published 4 books, over 30 research articles, and currently serves as an honorary researcher at the University of Melbourne and St. Vincent's Hospital in Melbourne.
His research has been featured in popular publications including The New York Times, WIRED, BBC, The Economist, PBS's Nova and ABC’s Catalyst.
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