Worry activation impairs intelligence test performace only under ego depletion

Detrimental effects of anxiety on cognitive performance have been explained by the activation of worry, detracting attention away from the task at hand. However, recent research has shown that anxiety is only related to performance when self-control capacity is low (i.e., ego depletion). The aim of the present work has been to extend these findings by showing that activation of worry will interfere with cognitive performance more strongly when self-control capacity is momentarily depleted compared to intact. After manipulations of self-control capacity and worry activation, 70 undergraduates completed a standardized intelligence test. As expected, activation of worry was associated with lower performance when self-control capacity was depleted, but had no effect when self-control capacity was intact. The findings implicate that worry may play a causal role in the anxiety–performance relationship, but only when its regulation by self-control is momentarily hindered.

Unistructed BIAT faking when ego depleted or in normal state: Differential effect on brain and behavior

Background: Deception can distort psychological tests on socially sensitive topics. Understanding the cerebral processes that are involved in such faking can be useful in detection and prevention of deception. Previous research shows that faking a brief implicit association test (BIAT) evokes a characteristic ERP response. It is not yet known whether temporarily available self-control resources moderate this response. We randomly assigned 22 participants (15 females, 24.23 ± 2.91 years old) to a counterbalanced repeated-measurements design. Participants first completed a Brief-IAT (BIAT) on doping attitudes as a baseline measure and were then instructed to fake a negative doping attitude both when self-control resources were depleted and non-depleted. Cerebral activity during BIAT performance was assessed using high-density EEG. Results: Compared to the baseline BIAT, event-related potentials showed a first interaction at the parietal P1, while significant post hoc differences were found only at the later occurring late positive potential. Here, significantly decreased amplitudes were recorded for ‘normal’ faking, but not in the depletion condition. In source space, enhanced activity was found for ‘normal’ faking in the bilateral temporoparietal junction. Behaviorally, participants were successful in faking the BIAT successfully in both conditions. Conclusions: Results indicate that temporarily available self-control resources do not affect overt faking success on a BIAT. However, differences were found on an electrophysiological level. This indicates that while on a phenotypical level self-control resources play a negligible role in deliberate test faking the underlying cerebral processes are markedly different. Electronic supplementary material: The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12868-016-0249-8) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

Active relaxation counteracts the effects of ego depletion on performance under evaluative pressure in a state of ego depletion

We tested the assumption that active relaxation following an ego-depletion task counteracts the negative effects of ego depletion on subsequent performance under evaluative pressure. N = 39 experienced basketball players were randomly assigned to a relaxation condition or to a control condition, and then performed a series of free-throws at two points of measurement (T1: baseline vs. T2: after working on a depleting task and either receiving active relaxation or a simple break). The results demonstrated that performance remained constant in the relaxation condition, whereas it significantly decreased in the control condition. The findings are in line with the notion that active relaxation leads to a quicker recovery from ego depletion.

La bellísima Floriana. La quintañona. Don Ego. Poesías. Visionarios y mártires. Represalia de héroe. (Literatura boliviana)

Half-title: Varias obras.

Tolstoĭ i ego sovremenniki; ocherki.

At head of title: P. Serg︠ie︡enko.

Mikhail I︠U︡rʹevich Lermontov, ego zhiznʹ i sochinenī︠ia︡ : sbornik istoriko-literaturnykh stateĭ /

Mode of access: Internet.

Imperator Aleksandr Pervyæi, ego zhizn§ i ëtìsarstvovanåie,

Disbound Original Held in Oak Street Library Facility

Zhitīe Start͡sa Serafima, sarovskoĭ obiteli īeromonakha, pustynnozhiteli͡a i zatvornika : s izobrazhenīem ott͡sa Serafima i snimkom ego pocherka.

Includes facsimile of "Otkrytīe moshcheĭ i proslavlenīe sv. prepodobnago Serafima, sarovskago chudotvort͡sa, v prisutstvīi Ikh Imperatorskikh Velichestv v īi͡uli͡e 1903 goda." between pages 244 and 245.

Vosporskoe t︠s︡arstvo s ego paleograficheskimi i nadgrobnymi pami︠a︡tnikami, raspisnymi vazami, planami, kartami i vidami /

Includes bibliographical references.

Ostrovskīĭ v ego proizvedenīi͡akh. Pervyĭ perīod di͡ei͡atelʹnosti (do Istoricheskikh khronik).

Mode of access: Internet.

Ivan Sergi︠e︡evich Turgenev : ego zhiznʹ i sochinenii︠a︡ : sbornik istoriko-literaturnykh stateĭ /

Cover title.

N.I. Novikov; ego zhiznʹ i obshchestvennai︠a︡ dei︠a︡telʹnostʹ : Bīograficheskīĭ ocherk S.E. Usovoĭ.

"Istochniki": p. [4]

Izsli︠e︡dovanīe nachala narodov slavi︠a︡nskikh. Razsuzhdenīe, chitannoe v torzhestvennom zasi︠e︡danīi Varshavskago obshchestva li︠u︡biteleĭ nauk, 24 genvari︠a︡ 1824 goda, di︠e︡ĭstvitelʹnym chlenom ego, Lavrentīem Surovet︠s︡kim.

Ottisk iz "Chtenīi︠a︡ Moskovskago obshchestva istorīi i drevnosteĭ. kn. I, ot. III. 1846/47."

I︠U︡rīĭ Krizhanich i ego literaturnai︠a︡ di︠e︡i︠a︡telʹnostʹ : istoriko-literaturnyĭ ocherk /

Includes bibliographical references.