Summary
A study from the IMT School for Advanced Studies in Italy suggests that prolonged self-control can lead to mental exhaustion, resulting in more aggressive behavior.
Researchers found that participants asked to restrain their emotions during 45-minute tasks showed increased delta brain wave activity, associated with sleep, in areas related to impulse control.
In subsequent games, only 41% of these participants chose cooperative actions, compared to 86% of those who didn’t exert self-control.
However, some experts urge caution, citing the study’s modest behavioral effects and the controversy surrounding “ego depletion” theory.
First the “Men that treat women as objects more likely to be violent to” post, now this. Feels like it is the day for “no shit sherlock”-level studies.