Combat brain fatigue with these top expert tips – CTV

Aug. 6, 2024

Put your thinking cap on, people often hear — after all, that’s what our brain is for and what many are paid to do.

But a new study finds that people see a downside to such mental expenditures: Thinking can be a pain.

“Based on prior work in the field, I did expect mental effort to be unpleasant for most people, but I also expected that it would be seen as less negative for some tasks,” said senior study author Erik Bijleveld, an associate professor at the Behavioural Science Institute at Radboud University in Nijmegen, Netherlands.

“But we didn’t find that to be so,” Bijleveld said. “Even though people enjoy the rewards associated with mental tasks, these same people also do not enjoy the mental effort that’s involved. Instead, they feel annoyed, irritated, frustrated and stressed.”

Read more: https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/combat-brain-fatigue-with-these-top-expert-tips-1.6989809