Mental Fatigue Can Affect Physical Endurance (Newswise)

When participants performed a mentally fatiguing task prior to a difficult exercise test, they reached exhaustion more quickly than when they did the same exercise when mentally rested. Mental fatigue did not cause the heart or muscles to perform any differently; instead, our “perceived effort” determines when we reach exhaustion.
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Mental fatigue can affect physical endurance (EurekAlert!)

( American Physiological Society ) When participants performed a mentally fatiguing task prior to a difficult exercise test, they reached exhaustion more quickly than when they did the same exercise when mentally rested. Mental fatigue did not cause the heart or muscles to perform any differently; instead, our “perceived effort” determines when we reach exhaustion. The next step is to look at …
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