Ego depletion is not just fatigue: Evidence from a total sleep deprivation experiment

Social Psychological and Personality Science

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 166-173

  Vohs, Kathleen D ^a   Glass, Brian D ^b   Maddox, W Todd ^b   Markman, Arthur B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Fatigue; Self control; Self regulation; Sleep deprivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051749045     PISSN: 19485506     EISSN: 19485514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1948550610386123     Document Type: Article

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