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The Expression of Ego Depletion
Journal article

The Expression of Ego Depletion

  • Furley, Philip Institute of Training and Computer Science in Sport, German Sport University Cologne, Germany
  • Kohlhaas, Sebastian Institute of Training and Computer Science in Sport, German Sport University Cologne, Germany
  • Englert, Chris Department of Educational Psychology, University of Bern, Switzerland
  • Nieuwenhuys, Arne Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
  • Bertrams, Alex Department of Educational Psychology, University of Bern, Switzerland
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  • Social Psychology. - Hogrefe Publishing Group. - 2019, vol. 50, no. 5-6, p. 305-321
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
Sociology and Political Science
General Psychology
Social Psychology
English Abstract. Is depleted self-control capacity detectable from thin slices of behavior? In four video-conditions (early-depleted; early-non-depleted; late-depleted; late-non-depleted) untrained observers rated target persons’ available self-control capacity in Experiments 1 and 2 (without sound) and in terms of fatigue and negative affect (Experiment 3). Videos were analyzed with Noldus FaceReader software (Experiment 4). Ego depletion could reliably be detected from thin slices of behavior. Nonverbal expressions coinciding with ego depletion are associated with cues signaling momentary levels of self-control capacity, fatigue, and some negative affective states. FaceReader analyses indicated that facial expressions coinciding with ego depletion are subtle and are extractable from facial dynamics rather than expression intensities. Results indicate that self-control depletion might not only have intrapersonal effects, but also interpersonal effects.
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