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Increasing resolution in the mechanisms of resolve

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 April 2021

Adam Bulley Open the ORCID record for Adam Bulley [Opens in a new window]  and
Daniel L. Schacter
Adam Bulley
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Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA02138adam_bulley@fas.harvard.edu; http://adambulley.org/dls@wjh.harvard.edu; https://scholar.harvard.edu/schacterlab/home The University of Sydney, School of Psychology and Brain and Mind Centre, Sydney, NSW2050, Australia
Daniel L. Schacter
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA02138adam_bulley@fas.harvard.edu; http://adambulley.org/dls@wjh.harvard.edu; https://scholar.harvard.edu/schacterlab/home
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Abstract

Ainslie offers an encompassing and compelling account of willpower, although his big-picture view comes occasionally at the cost of low resolution. We comment on ambiguity in the metacognitive and prospective mechanisms of resolve implicated in recursive self-prediction. We hope to show both the necessity and promise of specifying testable cognitive mechanisms of willpower.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 44 , 2021 , e34
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