There were some problems last year reproducing ego depletion despite its prominence for the last couple decades.[1][2] Personally, I run across the concept a l

There were some problems last year reproducing ego depletion despite its prominence for the last couple decades.[1][2] Personally, I run across the concept a lot in popular books and articles that I read (from before the controversy), so it presents a problem for me in whether to believe them if it's not actually true. [1] http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/neuroskeptic/2016/07/31/end-of-ego-depletion/#.Wbg5Ouvyu5M http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/neuroskeptic/2016/07/31/en... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ego_depletion#Reproducibility_controversy_and_conflicting_meta_analyses https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ego_depletion#Reproducibility_...