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3 papers
Researchers followed 173 people for 3 weeks and had them record their most intense daily anger episode (2,342 episodes total). They grouped the open-ended anger triggers into five categories and found that anger caused by other people or by an unknown source tended to be stronger and felt less controlled.…
This paper challenges the common idea that aggression only happens when self-control fails. It reviews many studies that show aggression can also result from successful self-control. The author explains how theories of aggression could be changed to include both cases, and says this opens new research questions. The paper also…
Two studies tested how self-rated inattention relates to switching between tasks. Study 1 found that higher inattention (but not hyperactivity/impulsivity) was linked with larger switch costs when the next task could be predicted and working memory load was high. Study 2 found this link was not explained by predictability or…
