Source: đź“– How to Take Smart Notes ch.9
Ego depletion is the term used to refer to a temporary reduction in the capacity to engage in volitional action—the capacity to execute acts of willpower. This includes choice-making and acts of self-control. Engaging in such volitional actions interferes with acts that follow soon after, indicating that there is a kind of resource being depleted with each occurrence of volitional action. The rates and causes of replenishment of this resource remain unknown.
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