Habituation Does Not Rescue Depletion: Two Tests of the Ego-Depletion Effect

We examined the effect on error rates, response times, interference scores for error rates and response times, and response-time variability in a subsequent Stroop task. There were no effects in general, except a significant difference in response-time variability, only in one of the samples, and in the opposite direction as predicted by the ego-depletion effect.

Source: Journal of Economic Psychology - November 9, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research