Drebrin shows self-restraint

Drebrin shows self-restraint

Injured neurons pump up the volume A wounded axon sends out a long-distance distress signal. HuntworkRodriguez et al. uncovered a positive feedback loop that might amplify the alarm and help it spread along the axon. A damaged axon dispatches an alert to the cell body, which fi res up genes that— depending on the neuron’s location—trigger healing or cause the axon to degenerate and the cell to ...

Self-Rewards for Prior Shopping Restraint 1 Running Head: SELF-REWARDS FOR PRIOR SHOPPING RESTRAINT Indulgence as Self-Reward for Prior Shopping Restraint: A Justification-Based Mechanism

This research investigates the effects of refraining from a purchase temptation at one point in time on choices made at a subsequent opportunity to purchase or consume a tempting product. Four experiments involving scenarios and real decisions demonstrate that the salience of restraint at a prior impulse buying opportunity causes consumers to reward themselves subsequently by choosing indulgenc...

Self-esteem, restraint, and eating behavior.

The mediating influence of self-esteem on disinhibited eating was assessed in restrained and unrestrained subjects. Self-esteem was unrelated to the eating behavior of unrestrained subjects following a preload, but did moderate the disinhibitory effects of a preload on restrained subjects. Specifically, only those restrained subjects with low self-esteem displayed disinhibited eating after a pr...

The Meaning of Judicial Self-Restraint

The restraint bias: how the illusion of self-restraint promotes impulsive behavior.

Four studies examined how impulse-control beliefs--beliefs regarding one's ability to regulate visceral impulses, such as hunger, drug craving, and sexual arousal-influence the self-control process. The findings provide evidence for a restraint bias: a tendency for people to overestimate their capacity for impulse control. This biased perception of restraint had important consequences for peopl...