XFrequentist comments on [LINK] NYTimes essay on willpower, based on an upcoming Baumeister book - Less Wrong
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You can see a difference in grip strength following arduous decision making, and consuming glucose restores willpower?
I am aware that cognition is not magic, but I still find these results pretty amazing!
Sure. Some random previous discussions:
The mind is what the brain does, in all truth.
Less surprising perhaps is "Acute hypoglycemia impairs nonverbal intelligence: importance of avoiding ceiling effects in cognitive function testing."; PDF