-reputation over one’s willpower, which potentially transforms lapses in a personal rule into precedents that undermine future self … inferences from their own past actions. We thus model the behaviour of individuals who are unsure of their willpower (ability to … so afraid of appearing weak to himself that every decision becomes a test of his willpower, even when self-restraint is …

provides a formal account of (endogenously) selective memory or awareness, such as the tendency to remember one's successes …

of willpower (direct top down interference) or in the form of desire management (indirect top down interference). This … generalized willpower model aligns with human intuition and many data. Some data, however, are difficult to reconcile with the … basic assumptions of the generalized willpower model. This papers sketches how a more general model that can also …