Sugar levels relate to aggression in couples without supporting the glucose model of self-control

Lange, Florian; Kurzban, Robert

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00572

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“…The present analysis suggests, then, the correct explanation for the effects documented are not to be found in resource models or dual systems models. The poor performance of the resource model is consistent with the growing worries about both the empirical and conceptual shortcomings of the resource model (Beedie & Lane, 2012;Job et al, 2013;Kurzban, 2010;Lange & Kurzban, 2014;Molden et al, 2012;Sanders et al, 2012). Our view is that the present findings add additional weight to the notion that there is little to be gained by further inquiry into the glucose as willpower fuel model.…”

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A meta-analysis of blood glucose effects on human decision making.

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Kurzban

2016

Psychological Bulletin

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The academic and public interest in blood glucose and its relationship to decision making has been increasing over the last decade. To investigate and evaluate competing theories about this relationship, we conducted a psychometric meta-analysis on the effect of blood glucose on decision making. We identified 42 studies relating to 4 dimensions of decision making: willingness to pay, willingness to work, time discounting, and decision style. We did not find a uniform influence of blood glucose on decision making. Instead, we found that low levels of blood glucose increase the willingness to pay and willingness to work when a situation is food related, but decrease willingness to pay and work in all other situations. Low levels of blood glucose increase the future discount rate for food; that is, decision makers become more impatient, and to a lesser extent increase the future discount rate for money. Low levels of blood glucose also increase the tendency to make more intuitive rather than deliberate decisions. However, this effect was only observed in situations unrelated to food. We conclude that blood glucose has domain-specific effects, influencing decision making differently depending on the relevance of the situation to acquiring food. (PsycINFO Database Record

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