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Physical exercise and executive functions in preadolescent children, adolescents and young adults: a meta-analysis. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 2013; DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2012-091441 ...

Well, if your attempts at self-control feel somewhat lacking (i.e., you have trouble stepping off the sugar struggle bus), there's one thing that might help: exercise.

To manage willpower energy, resist resisting While we're still a long way from a detailed step-by-step action plan to boost willpower, it's known that people with good self control spend less time ...

As you age, your body naturally tends to slow down, losing muscle, flexibility, and cognitive ability. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), physical activity can help ...

Exercise Can Fortify the Self-Control Needed For “Empowered Equanimity” Jackie Robinson embodied a perfect blend of athleticism, brain power, self-control, and equanimity.

In this research, the effects of self-control exercises on impulse buying urges are examined. Drawing on the strength model of self-control (Baumeister and Heatherton 1996, Psychological Inquiry ...

We identify and elaborate a conceptual distinction between capability for self-control and the desire to exercise it, and employ data from a city survey to explore the empirical viability of such a ...