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Consuming Candy (sugar) will lead to better cognitive performance

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Consuming candy could have moderated the effects of the self-depletion effects from watching the video

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People who consumed the candies are likely to do better at the anagram test, as opposed to people who did not consume any candies at all.

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Individuals who engage in initial self-regulation (of not consuming the sweet) have fewer cognitive resources for future tasks (focusing on the video and doing the word unscrambling).

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Those who ate the sweet were better able to concentrate on the tasks at hand (focus on the video and unscrambling words).

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- those who ate the candy would spend more time trying to unscramble the words (better performance)

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- higher blood sugar levels = more resources to give to the task

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People who consumed the candies did not have to exercise any form of self-regulation, as compared to the people who did not consume the candies.

After both groups exercised self-regulation in paying attention to the video (supposedly assuming it is meant to be boring), the people who consumed the candies are purported to have a higher level of self-regulation left.

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People who ate the candies will spend a longer time on the anagram test as compared to those who didn't because they did not need to engage in self-regulation.

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Treats are used to motivate a person to do a task longer - it motivates with the use of food. (Maslow hierarchy of needs)

Sugar could affect the way we think, giving us more energy to complete a task.

Self-regulation is limited, so when we it up for an earlier task (boring video) we will have less to expend for the anagram task

The boring video was supposed to take up our mental energy and affect our ability to self-regulate because we had to self-regulate when we concentrated on it.

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The ones who consume sugar would show a higher level of concentration for the task, thus, having higher self-regulation. As a result, they are likely to perform better for the puzzle.

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1. Sugar is a source of energy and energy would affect one's ability to focus on tasks.
2. Sugar would make one less frustrated/impatient with the 12-min video task

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Engaging in initial self-regulation consumes one's cognitive resources, resulting in fewer resources for future activities and are less able to engage in self-regulation

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Consumption of sugar increases performance of self-regulating tasks

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Brain functions are closely linked to blood glucose levels. Thus, increased blood glucose level will result in higher concentration levels, which in turn enhances one's ability to perform better on the self control task.

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Increase blood sugar level results in higher concentration levels.

Those who did not eat the candy had to engage in acts of self control, hence had reduced cognitive resources to concentrate on the task.

Furthermore, by expending more resources on the 'boring' video, participants who did not eat the candy would do poorer on the anagram task.

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Participants in the sweet condition will be better able to self-regulate than participants in the non-sweet condition. Hence persevering longer at the word scramble task, even after going through a depletion exercise (watching the video).

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consuming sugar will enhance our cognitive resources and hence our self-control