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Is the letter cancellation task a suitable index of ego-depletion? Empirical and conceptual issues (2019)
Journal Article
Wimmer, M. C., Dome, L., Hancock, P. J., & Wennekers, T. (2019). Is the letter cancellation task a suitable index of ego-depletion? Empirical and conceptual issues. Social Psychology, 50, 345-354. https://doi.org/10.1027/1864-9335/a000393

The aim was to quantify ego depletion and measure its effect on inhibitory control. Adults (N = 523) received the letter “e” cancellation ego depletion task and were subsequently tested on Stroop task performance. Difficulty of the cancellation task... Read More about Is the letter cancellation task a suitable index of ego-depletion? Empirical and conceptual issues.

Children’s perception of visual and auditory ambiguity and its link to executive functions and creativity (2019)
Journal Article
Taranu, M., Wimmer, M. C., Ross, J., Farkas, D., van Ee, R., Winkler, I., & Denham, S. L. (2019). Children’s perception of visual and auditory ambiguity and its link to executive functions and creativity. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 184, 123-138. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2019.03.010

The phenomenon of perceptual bistability provides insights into aspects of perceptual processing not normally accessible to everyday experience. However, most experiments have been conducted in adults, and it is not clear to what extent key aspects o... Read More about Children’s perception of visual and auditory ambiguity and its link to executive functions and creativity.