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Roy F. Baumeister
Researcher at University of Queensland
Publications - 670
Citations - 146163
Roy F. Baumeister is an academic researcher from University of Queensland. The author has contributed to research in topics: Ego depletion & Poison control. The author has an hindex of 157, co-authored 650 publications receiving 132987 citations. Previous affiliations of Roy F. Baumeister include Florida State University College of Arts and Sciences & Princeton University.
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Evil : inside human cruelty and violence
TL;DR: The question of why there is evil and the answers can be found in this article, where the four roots of evil are identified: greed, lust, ambition, egotism and revenge.
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Exploding the self-esteem myth.
TL;DR: This article showed that such efforts are of little value in fostering academic progress or preventing undesirable behavior. But surprisingly, research shows that boosting people's sense of self-worth has become a national preoccupation.
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High trait self-control predicts positive health behaviors and success in weight loss
A. Will Crescioni,Joyce Ehrlinger,Jessica L. Alquist,Kyle E. Conlon,Roy F. Baumeister,Christopher Schatschneider,Gareth R. Dutton +6 more
TL;DR: Data suggest that trait self-control is an important predictor of health behaviors and individuals high in dispositionalSelf-control ate fewer calories overall and fewer calories from fat, burned marginally more calories through exercise, and lost more weight during the program than did those lower in self- control.
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Increasing Self-Regulatory Strength Can Reduce the Depleting Effect of Suppressing Stereotypes
TL;DR: Findings indicate that self-regulatory exercise can improve resistance to self- Regulatory depletion and, consequently, people can suppress stereotypes without suffering subsequent decrements in task performance.
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On knowing when to quit: Task failure, self‐esteem, advice, and nonproductive persistence
TL;DR: This paper found that high self-esteem subjects who received explicit advice against nonproductive persistence on a puzzle-solving task still tended to persist longer on unsolvable puzzles than did low selfesteem subjects.