Commentary: A Multilab Preregistered Replication of the Ego-Depletion Effect

The ego depletion effect has not been replicated by a recent project including 23 laboratories (N = 2141) in both English-speaking countries and non-English speaking countries (Hagger and Chatzisarantis, 2016). Although it provides seemingly robust evidence casting doubt on the existence of ego depletion, cautious attention should be paid to the effectiveness of the depleting task (i.e., e-crossing task) used in the replicating project.

• Publication year

  2016

• Venue

  Frontiers in Psychology

• Publication date

  2016-08-03

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01155PMID 27535004PMCID 4971805
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