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How to Increase Your Willpower & Tenacity

Huberman Lab

CHAPTER

The Impact of Willpower and Resistance

This chapter explores the concept of willpower and its limitations as a resource, discussing experiments that involve resisting food and solving challenging puzzles. It also examines the role of glucose availability in maintaining willpower levels and the controversy surrounding its interpretation. Additionally, the chapter discusses the prefrontal cortex's role in determining context and rules in various situations and how ingesting glucose can affect performance in challenging tasks.

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