If ego depletion cannot be studied using identical tasks, it is not ego depletion

Lange, Florian

doi:10.1016/j.appet.2014.10.026

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“…Many extant empirical papers use tasks that have multiple executive control processes engaged, some of which overlap and some of which do not. Therefore, choosing the same task for depletion and subsequent transfer holds these theoretical and biological processes constant (Lange, 2015) and allows one to explore theories of depletion at a more fine-grained level of specificity where transfer is most likely to occur (Thorndike & Woodworth, 1901). We adopted the psychomotor vigilance task because it met these aforementioned requirements and it has been used in studies of vigilant behavior in a diverse set of domains (Dinges & Powell, 1985).…”

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Examining depletion theories under conditions of within-task transfer.

Brewer

Lau

Wingert

et al. 2017

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

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In everyday life, mental fatigue can be detrimental across many domains including driving, learning, and working. Given the importance of understanding and accounting for the deleterious effects of mental fatigue on behavior, a growing body of literature has studied the role of motivational and executive control processes in mental fatigue. In typical laboratory paradigms, participants complete a task that places demand on these self-control processes and are later given a subsequent task. Generally speaking, decrements to subsequent task performance are taken as evidence that the initial task created mental fatigue through the continued engagement of motivational and executive functions. Several models have been developed to account for negative transfer resulting from this "ego depletion." In the current study, we provide a brief literature review, specify current theoretical approaches to ego-depletion, and report an empirical test of current models of depletion. Across 4 experiments we found minimal evidence for executive control depletion along with strong evidence for motivation mediated ego depletion. (PsycINFO Database Record

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Section: The Current Studymentioning

confidence: 99%

Examining depletion theories under conditions of within-task transfer.

Brewer

Lau

Wingert

et al. 2017

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

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“…In fact, there is some dispute as to the precise nature of the resource, and provide alternative explanations (Beedie & Lane, 2011;Inzlicht & Schmeichel, 2012;Inzlicht, Schmeichel, & Macrae, 2014) or debate whether it is an effect at all (Carter & McCullough, 2013b;Carter & McCullough, 2014;Hagger & Chatzisarantis, 2014b). Others have contended that it has a physiological analogue (Gailliot et al, 2007), while others dispute this and indicate that the effect may be perceptual (Carter & McCullough, 2013a;Chatzisarantis & Hagger, 2015a, 2015bLange, 2015;Lange & Eggert, 2014). Moreover, some have conceptualized it as a set of beliefs (Job, Dweck, & Walton, 2010), motivation (Muraven & Slessareva, 2003) or capacity for resource allocation (Beedie & Lane, 2011;Inzlicht & Schmeichel, 2012).…”

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Conservation of Resources Theory and the ‘Strength’ Model of Self-Control: Conceptual Overlap and Commonalities

Hagger

2015

Stress Health

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“…To examine the impact of ego depletion researchers typically adopt the sequential task paradigm in which participants are asked to perform at least two unrelated tasks thought to consume self‐control (Lange, 2015). We refer to these two tasks as the depleting (manipulation) task and the outcome task, respectively.…”

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Inconsistent interactions between the seductive details effect and ego depletion in multimedia learning

Wang

Schroeder

2022

Applied Cognitive Psychology

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Multimedia learning often consists of a sequence of tasks, and research suggests that the sequence itself may influence learning outcomes. This study examines one theory related to task sequencing, known as ego depletion, and its interaction with a well‐established instructional design effect, the seductive details effect. To investigate the potential impact of ego depletion, a state of depleted self‐control strength, on learning with seductive details, which are interesting but irrelevant elements of the instruction, we conducted a randomized controlled experiment in which both ego depletion and seductive details were manipulated as two between‐subjects independent variables. Although manipulation checks confirmed the efficacy of the interventions, we found mixed results in learning outcome measures, particularly in the investigation of an interaction between the seductive details effect and ego depletion. Specifically, we found an amplified seductive details effect on transfer but not retention for depleted participants. These results suggest that ego depletion may not always occur to an extent that significantly influences learning in learner‐paced learning environments.

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If ego depletion cannot be studied using identical tasks, it is not ego depletion

Cited by 10 publications

References 28 publications

Examining depletion theories under conditions of within-task transfer.

Examining depletion theories under conditions of within-task transfer.

Conservation of Resources Theory and the ‘Strength’ Model of Self-Control: Conceptual Overlap and Commonalities

Inconsistent interactions between the seductive details effect and ego depletion in multimedia learning

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