In one task for example, after spending five minutes…
In one task for example, after spending five minutes crossing out every E in a typewritten text students and had to Narcross out and see if it was followed by a vowel and when people are given strong incentives to persist, even on task like that, they do continue longer as motivation to exert. Self control increases. Effort continues.
— from Who Is Flying (Self, Nature & Nurture)