Oboseala mentală schimbă felul în care luăm decizii. Ce au descoperit cercetătorii

A study from Johns Hopkins University reveals that mental fatigue affects decision-making, leading individuals to prefer easier tasks despite lower rewards. Researchers found that as mental exhaustion increases, motivation to tackle challenging tasks diminishes, even when the potential gains are higher. The study highlights the brain's communication between regions responsible for decision-making and monitoring fatigue, suggesting that this mechanism may help explain cognitive fatigue in conditions like depression and long COVID. Understanding these brain circuits could lead to better treatments for cognitive fatigue effects.