Research Centre on Cognition and Learning, University of Poitiers, CNRS, France
Inter-University Laboratory of Human Movement Biology, Claude Bernard University of Lyon 1, France
Impact statement: Our findings add a new perspective on replicating the ego-depletion effect by controlling the engagement of effort during the depleting and control tasks. Higher midfrontal theta power, an index of mental effort, was observed during the depleting task compared to the control task, and the ego-depletion effect was successfully replicated.