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The complex nature of willpower and conceptual mapping of its normative significance in research on stress, addiction, and dementia.

Veljko DubljevicShevaun D Neupert
Published in: The Behavioral and brain sciences (2021)
Willpower (as suppression, resolve, and habit) has ramifications for autonomy and mental time-travel. Autonomy presupposes mature powers of volition and the capacity to anticipate future events and consequences of one's actions. Ainslie's study is useful to clarify basic autonomy in addiction and dementia. Furthermore, we show how our study on coping with stress can be applied to suppression and resolve.
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