People who were exposed to the name of a person who wanted them to work hard performed significantly worse on the anagram task than did participants who were exposed to the name of a person who wanted them to have fun.
It’s official. It’s science! Not Gillian McKeith science either. It’s real science!
I don’t blame you Lensman. I sent this to my missus and she and told me that she knew all about this study and told me all about it last week and anyway I can’t bloody remember that and then she got all stroppy and started rabbiting on and I’ll be buggered if I can fathom it out. Must be gypsy week or summat.