Mentally simulating another person’s efforts to use self-control may trick your brain’s “fuel gauge” into mistakenly thinking that your own resources have been depleted, a new study suggests.

一项新的研究表明，在心里模仿别人那样努力、自律会欺骗你的大脑的“燃料余量表”，使它错误地认为你自己的资源已经耗尽。

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Patients then perform various tasks that trick the brain into thinking it can control the missing limb, something earlier studies suggested would help alleviate the often unbearable pain.

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