Michael Inzlicht is a social psychologist and neuroscientist, working as a professor of psychology at the University of Toronto.
[1] In the early 2000s, he and his colleagues claimed to demonstrate that small, seemingly benign characteristics of an environment could play a large role in determining how stereotyped groups perform on academic tests.
[4][5] In his later work, Inzlicht studied self-control and the related concepts of cognitive control and executive function (mental processes that allow behavior to vary adaptively depending on current goals).
Much of his work explores the building blocks of control, including its neural, cognitive, emotional, and motivational foundations.
[6][7][8] He also explores how self-control can be influenced by various cultural and situational factors, including mindfulness meditation,[9] quality of motivation,[10] religious belief,[11] and stigmatization.