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.