-reputation over one’s willpower, which potentially transforms lapses in a personal rule into precedents that undermine future self … inferences from their own past actions. We thus model the behaviour of individuals who are unsure of their willpower (ability to … so afraid of appearing weak to himself that every decision becomes a test of his willpower, even when self-restraint is …

provides a formal account of (endogenously) selective memory or awareness, such as the tendency to remember one's successes …

, people may deliberately impair their performance, or choose overambitious tasks. Another application is selective memory or …

, people may deliberately impair their performance, or choose overambitious tasks. Another application is selective memory or …

of willpower (direct top down interference) or in the form of desire management (indirect top down interference). This … generalized willpower model aligns with human intuition and many data. Some data, however, are difficult to reconcile with the … basic assumptions of the generalized willpower model. This papers sketches how a more general model that can also …

by either an automatic process or a deliberative one. In line with recent evidence from psychology, effortful self …-control (willpower) is modeled as a limited resource, i.e. exercising self-control for an initial decision limits the amount of self … exercised. Reciprocally, agents might also fall prey to excessive self-control, where they waste willpower in initial decisions …