[bill1952]

The brain has a limited capacity for self-regulation,

Apparently, this is a real problem at the NY times...

[TruthConquers]

This is a joke, right? Suppressing sexual urges will reduce you willpower? And that is compared to being able to watch a film of an unchanging table scene? Who dreams up this nonsense? No wonder the dollar is falling and spending is out of control.

[neverdem]

Study Links Smoking Bans to OWIs driving while intoxicated!

Air execs gasp on call for more CO2

FReepmail me if you want on or off my health and science ping list.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

["The brain has a limited capacity for self-regulation, so exerting willpower in one area often leads to backsliding in others....The brain’s store of willpower is depleted when people control their thoughts, feelings or impulses, or when they modify their behavior in pursuit of goals."]

Solution? Let Government run everything. But, people run the government. Hmmmmm. Perhaps the Founders were right after all.

[martin_fierro]

DECLINING house prices, rising job layoffs, skyrocketing oil costs and a major credit crunch have brought consumer confidence to its lowest point in five years.

At least at the NYT, huh, Pinch?

[Republic of Texas]

Did they actually spend money on paper and ink to print this story?

[notdownwidems]

I call BS!

[Cacique]

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[Cacique]

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[Mogollon]

Doom and gloom from the slimes.

[PGalt]

People who drink a glass of lemonade between completing one task requiring self-control and beginning a second one perform equally well on both tasks, while people who drink sugarless diet lemonade make more errors on the second task than on the first.

When life give you lemons...

...but you don't make lemonade with that aspartame/nutrisweet/excito-toxin crap as that will surely destroy brain function.

Interesting article, neverdem. I did read it all. Thanks for posting.

[NewJerseyJoe]

From the article:

...willpower can grow in the long term. Like a muscle, willpower seems to become stronger with use.

I learned this reading Green Lantern comics when I was growing up! Buying comics is much more cost-effective than funding studies by college professors.