An influential line of research suggests that initial bouts of self-control increase the susceptibility to self-control failure (ego depletion effect). Despite seemingly abundant evidence, some researchers have suggested that evidence for ego depletion was the sole result of publication bias and p-hacking, with the true effect being indistinguishable from zero. Here, we examine (a) whether the evidence brought forward against ego depletion will convince a proponent that ego depletion does not exist and (b) whether arguments that could be brought forward in defense of ego depletion will convince a skeptic that ego depletion does exist. We conclude that despite several hundred published studies, the available evidence is inconclusive. Both additional empirical and theoretical works are needed to make a compelling case for either side of the debate. We discuss necessary steps for future work toward this aim.

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自我耗竭是真的吗？论据分析。

一项有影响力的研究表明，自我控制的最初爆发会增加对自我控制失败（自我耗竭效应）的敏感性。尽管看似证据充实，但一些研究人员认为，自我耗竭的证据是出版偏见和p-hacking的唯一结果，其真实效果与零是无法区分的。在这里，我们研究（a）提出反对自我耗竭的证据是否可以说服支持者认为自我耗竭不存在，以及（b）可以提出辩护自我耗竭的论据是否可以使怀疑论者相信自我存在。我们得出结论，尽管发表了数百篇研究，但现有证据尚无定论。为了使辩论的任何一方都具有说服力，需要同时进行更多的经验和理论研究。