15. That Devil on Your Shoulder Likes to Sleep In

“It is often asked why good people do bad things. Perhaps the question should be when.” Research has shown that as people become more tired they also become more prone to immoralities. According to the journal Psychological Science “To the extent that you’re cognitively tired, you’re more likely to give in to the devil on your shoulder.” These findings were because on a test taken two test groups both tested in the mornings and afternoons. A screen with dots on it was placed in front of the subjects, the subject then had to tell if the dots were on the left or right side of the screen. Foe every time that the subject said the dots were on the right he would earn 5cents, regardless if he was right. This test showed that the subjects would cheat 25% more in the afternoons. Similar finding were concluded at a test run at Harvard. The conclusion was the following, as the brain gets worn out moral discussion making suffers the consequences. Not only can that but simple things such as, coosing wat to wear or what to eat tax the brain.
            In the article, Mat Richtel, uses a impersonal objective tone. He simply pulls together information from science journals and makes a collage with some rewording. This is evident by Richtel`s citations and by the lack of new material. Just a simple article. None the less his collage was expertly mad e and was easy to read and much better then sifting through pages incomprehensible jargon of the intellectual journals.  

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/02/business/that-devil-on-your-shoulder-likes-to-sleep-in.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=mini-moth&region=top-stories-below&WT.nav=top-stories-below