In the scene where self-discipline or power of will is required, you should put a lot of effort into your muscles

To avoid getting sick, get painful injections, paint medicine to speed up injury recovery, save money for savings, refrain from eating out and leisure, tolerate alcohol for the next day's work, Will not everyone in the life experience the scene that they have to endure the pain in front of me for the benefit seen in the long term?

In a scene where such power of such will is demanded, it seems good to put power into muscle.

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National University of SingaporeWith Iris W. Hung ofUniversity of ChicagoAparna A. Labroo conducted a series of experiments that imposed subjects a "dilemma of self-control" that would have to endure the immediate pain for the long-term benefit. Thesis isJournal of Consumer ResearchIt is published in.

Subjects touched the ice water and tolerated pain, drinking a healthy but terrible tasteful beverage, as a sample of information that the heart is disturbed pain, in order to make a donation "injured in Haiti earthquake and injured "The information on children who did it" was chosen as the task of choosing whether to see or not to see it, and in the last experiment the researchers observed people's choices when actually choosing a menu in the dining room.

A group instructed to emphasize muscles at that time to exercise self-control among subjects who faced those dilemmas requiring self-control would endure pain for a long time · severe pain in health drinks It seems that you could demonstrate "power of will" that is stronger than the control group, such as to withstand the taste · to look hard, to see important information · to win the temptation of dessert.

However, this effect only appears if its "long-term and beneficial choice" matches the subject's personal "goal". For example, if people are concerned about health from day to day and focus on the muscles when drinking heavy tasting health drinks (vinegar and water mixed at 1: 10 ratio), you can drink more In the case of a person who is not interested in health, the amount of drinking did not change even if putting effort into the muscles even if it could be done.

In addition, it is said that the place of the muscles putting in force, arms, calves, hands, fingers and so on, any part of the body does not matter, not before faced with a dilemma, in the midst of pain and choice It seems that it is a point to put emphasis on it.

When you are stabbed with an injection needle or when you receive treatment with a dentist, you will often be told that you should "pull out", but muscles such as fingers and feet, which are not related to the site to be treated It might be good to put power into it secretly secretly.