Milkman, Katherine L. - In: Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 119 (2012) 2, pp. 163-176
This paper examines the effect of uncertainty about the future on whether individuals select want options (e.g., junk foods, lowbrow films) or instead exert self-control and select should options (e.g., healthy foods, highbrow films). Consistent with the ego-depletion literature, which suggests...