The sweet taste of success: The presence of glucose in the oral cavity moderates the depletion of self-control resources.
According to the resource-depletion model, self-control is a limited resource that is depleted after a period of exertion. Evidence consistent with this model indicates that self-control relies on glucose metabolism and glucose supplementation to depleted individuals replenishes self-control resourc...
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| author | Hagger, Martin Chatzisarantis, N. |
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| description | According to the resource-depletion model, self-control is a limited resource that is depleted after a period of exertion. Evidence consistent with this model indicates that self-control relies on glucose metabolism and glucose supplementation to depleted individuals replenishes self-control resources. In five experiments, we tested an alternative hypothesis that glucose in the oral cavity counteracts the deleterious effects of self-control depletion. We predicted a glucose mouth rinse, as opposed to an artificially sweetened placebo rinse, would lead to better self-control after depletion. In Studies 1 to 3, participants engaging in a depleting task performed significantly better on a subsequent self-control task after receiving a glucose mouth rinse, as opposed to participants rinsing with a placebo. Studies 4 and 5 replicated these findings and demonstrated that the glucose mouth rinse had no effect on self-control in nondepleted participants. Results are consistent with a neural rather than metabolic mechanism for the effect of glucose supplementation on self-control. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-374642017-09-13T15:59:13Z The sweet taste of success: The presence of glucose in the oral cavity moderates the depletion of self-control resources. Hagger, Martin Chatzisarantis, N. According to the resource-depletion model, self-control is a limited resource that is depleted after a period of exertion. Evidence consistent with this model indicates that self-control relies on glucose metabolism and glucose supplementation to depleted individuals replenishes self-control resources. In five experiments, we tested an alternative hypothesis that glucose in the oral cavity counteracts the deleterious effects of self-control depletion. We predicted a glucose mouth rinse, as opposed to an artificially sweetened placebo rinse, would lead to better self-control after depletion. In Studies 1 to 3, participants engaging in a depleting task performed significantly better on a subsequent self-control task after receiving a glucose mouth rinse, as opposed to participants rinsing with a placebo. Studies 4 and 5 replicated these findings and demonstrated that the glucose mouth rinse had no effect on self-control in nondepleted participants. Results are consistent with a neural rather than metabolic mechanism for the effect of glucose supplementation on self-control. 2013 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/37464 10.1177/0146167212459912 Sage Publications, Inc. fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Hagger, Martin Chatzisarantis, N. The sweet taste of success: The presence of glucose in the oral cavity moderates the depletion of self-control resources. |
| title | The sweet taste of success: The presence of glucose in the oral cavity moderates the depletion of self-control resources. |
| title_full | The sweet taste of success: The presence of glucose in the oral cavity moderates the depletion of self-control resources. |
| title_fullStr | The sweet taste of success: The presence of glucose in the oral cavity moderates the depletion of self-control resources. |
| title_full_unstemmed | The sweet taste of success: The presence of glucose in the oral cavity moderates the depletion of self-control resources. |
| title_short | The sweet taste of success: The presence of glucose in the oral cavity moderates the depletion of self-control resources. |
| title_sort | sweet taste of success: the presence of glucose in the oral cavity moderates the depletion of self-control resources. |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/37464 |