Testing the validity of the attention control video : an eye-tracking approach of the ego depletion effect

  • The attention control video has been frequently applied to test the ego depletion effect. However, its validity has never been tested, a shortcoming we address in this preregistered study. In the first task, self-control strength was temporarily depleted in the depletion condition (n = 56) but remained intact in the control condition (n = 56). The attention control video served as the secondary task, and we assumed that the depletion condition would perform significantly worse compared to the control condition. Attention regulation was measured with an eye-tracking device. The results revealed that the gaze behavior in the two conditions differed statistically significantly; however, the actual difference was small, indicating that the attention control video may not be an optimal measure of self-control.
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Author:Chris Englert, Dennis Koroma, Alex Bertrams, Corinna S. Martarelli
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-488419
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0211181
ISSN:1932-6203
Pubmed Id:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30668604
Parent Title (English):PLoS one
Publisher:PLoS
Place of publication:Lawrence, Kan.
Contributor(s):Magdalena Ewa Król
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Year of Completion:2019
Date of first Publication:2019/01/22
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2019/01/24
Tag:Attention; Behavior; Decision making; Emotions; Eye movements; Eyes; Habits; Metaanalysis
Volume:14
Issue:(1): e0211181
Page Number:12
First Page:1
Last Page:12
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Copyright: © 2019 Englert et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
HeBIS-PPN:446225517
Institutes:Psychologie und Sportwissenschaften / Sportwissenschaften
Dewey Decimal Classification:6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 61 Medizin und Gesundheit / 610 Medizin und Gesundheit
Sammlungen:Universitätspublikationen
Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - Namensnennung 4.0

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