You use it every day to overcome your lower self (which wants you to eat cake until your vision blurs) in pursuit of the goals of your higher self (which wants you to not develop Type-II diabetes). Yet it was only in the 1990s that researchers began to understand what makes our willpower and how it behaves.
In this episode of Stuff You Should Know, Josh and Chuck dive into the fascinating science behind willpower and why it's so darn hard to resist temptation. They explore how willpower works like a muscle that can be depleted throughout the day, examine famous psychological experiments involving marshmallows and radishes, and discuss how our brains light up when we're trying to make good decisions. The hosts also touch on some surprising factors that affect our self-control, from glucose levels to socioeconomic status, making this both an informative and relatable exploration of one of humanity's greatest daily struggles.
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