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Yale University: Measuring Temptation One Mouse Click at a Time
November 05, 2025
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Nov. 5 -- Yale University issued the following Q&A on Nov. 4, 2025, by Karen Guzman with psychologist Melissa Ferguson:

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Measuring temptation one mouse click at a time

In a Q&A Yale psychologist Melissa Ferguson explains how "mouse-tracking" gives researchers a better glimpse into how people really summon self-control in the face of temptation -- or fail to.

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Exercising self-control i . . .

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