ArticleScientific reports2019
No Effect of Ego Depletion on Risk Taking.
Article in Scientific reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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- Depletion Effects Reduce the Preference for Distraction (but Not Reappraisal) During Emotion Regulation.PsyCh journal · 2025Article
- Risk sensitivity and theory of mind in human coordination.PLoS computational biology · 2021Article
- Bored Into Depletion? Toward a Tentative Integration of Perceived Self-Control Exertion and Boredom as Guiding Signals for Goal-Directed Behavior.Perspectives on psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science · 2020Article
- The effect of decision fatigue on surgeons' clinical decision making.Health economics · 2019Article
- No Effect of Ego Depletion on Risk Taking.Scientific reports · 2019Article
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Abstract
We investigated the effect of ego depletion on risk taking. Specifically, we conducted three studies (total n = 1,716) to test the prediction that ego depletion results in decisions that are more strongly in line with prospect theory, i.e., that ego depletion reduces risk taking for gains, increases risk taking for losses, and increases loss aversion. Ego depletion was induced using two of the most common manipulations from previous literature: the letter 'e' task (Studies 1 and 3) and the Stroop task (Study 2). Risk taking was measured using a series of standard, incentivized economic decision-making tasks assessing risk preferences in the gain domain, risk preferences in the loss domain, and loss aversion. None of the studies revealed a significant effect of ego depletion on risk taking. Our findings cast further doubts about the ability of ego-depletion manipulations to affect actual behavior in experimental settings.
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