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.
I doubt that you have read the complete article. Read it. It's the printer friendly version. The Times has only one ad on it for "Under The Same Moon."
Here's the authors: "Sandra Aamodt, the editor in chief of Nature Neuroscience, and Sam Wang, an associate professor of molecular biology and neuroscience at Princeton, are the authors of 'Welcome to Your Brain: Why You Lose Your Car Keys but Never Forget How to Drive and Other Puzzles of Everyday Life.'"
It goes into brain physiology and neuropsychological testing to the results from completing boot camp. Trust me.
to me this is so friggin’ obvious. Basic, and I mean, basic, psychological theory worked from the notion of the brain being like a steam engine with only so much energy for each task. Less energy = less willpower.