Popular science books:
Baumeister, R. F., and J. Tierney. 2011. Willpower: Rediscovering the greatest human strength. New York: Penguin.
Dweck, C. S. 2006. Mindset: The new psychology of success. New York: Random House.
Mischel, W. 2014. The marshmallow test: Mastering selfcontrol. New York: Little, Brown.
News articles, interviews, and other online articles:
Baumeister, R. F. 2015. Self-control: The secret to life’s successes. Scientific American. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/self-control-the-secret-to-life-s-successes/
Berkman, E. 2015. Poor people don’t have less self-control. Poverty forces them to think short-term. New Republic. https://newrepublic.com/article/122887/poor-people-dont-have-less-self-control
Costandi, M. 2015. Self-control saps memory resources. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/science/neurophilosophy/2015/sep/07/self-control-saps-memory-resources
Druckerman, P. 2014. Learning how to exert self-control. The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/14/opinion/sunday/learning-self-control.html
Herbert, W. 2015. Hard work, hard times: Self-control and joblessness. The Huffington Post. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/wray-herbert/hard-work-hard-times-self_b_6515122.html
Landau, E. 2013. Where is self-control in the brain? CNN. http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/14/health/self-control-brain/
Lehrer, J. 2009. Don’t! The secret of self-control. The New Yorker. http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2009/05/18/dont-2
Tough, P. 2009. Can the right kinds of play teach self-control? The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/27/magazine/27tools-t.html
Urist, J. 2014. What the marshmallow test really teaches about self-control. The Atlantic. http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/09/what-the-marshmallow-test-really-teaches-about-self-control/380673/
Weir, K. 2012. The power of self-control. American Psychological Association. http://www.apa.org/monitor/2012/01/self-control.aspx
Using ‘The Hunger Games’ to Encourage Healthier Choices
Online videos, podcasts, and other media:
David Rand: natural cooperation. PopTech. https://vimeo.com/52163579
For kids, self-control factors into future success. NPR. http://www.npr.org/2011/02/14/133629477/for-kids-self-control-factors-into-future-success
How poverty reduces self-control. Inside Higher Ed. https://www.insidehighered.com/audio/2016/03/29/how-poverty-reduces-self-control
Is ‘grit’ doomed to be the new self-esteem? NPR. http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2016/03/03/468870056/is-grit-doomed-to-be-the-new-self-esteem
MacArthur ‘Genius’ on grit, self control and success. NPR. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=226099837
Self control: Dan Ariely. TEDxDuke. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPQhj6ktYSo
The marshmallow experiment – instant gratification. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yo4WF3cSd9Q&feature=related
What your brain looks like when you lose self-control. NPR. http://www.npr.org/2012/06/22/155582854/what-your-brain-looks-like-when-you-lose-self-control
Jesse Graham’s PowerPoint Lecture on willpower (Psych 201 – Lecture 16.Willpower)
Jesse Graham’s PowerPoint Talk on the PSSC Project (Graham Social Brownbag.Moralization of Self-control.2016.04.25)
Self-Control: Teaching Students About Their Greatest Inner Strength
The Philosophy and Science of Self-Control 