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A comment on Fatigue Is a Brain-Derived Emotion that Regulates to Ensure Protection (2012). Parent comment

Re:Fatigue Is a Brain-Derived Emotion that Regulates to Ensu... by digi_owl on Monday July 04, 2016 @08:34AM (#12030317)
Brings to mind the claim that we have X hours of focused mental effort we can spend each day. Go beyond that and we start dropping back to fight or flight instincts etc.
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Re:Fatigue Is a Brain-Derived Emotion that Regulates to Ensu... by Noseshine on Monday July 04, 2016 @11:36AM (#12031331)
However, I don't think that is actually a real theory in neuroscience, it's more a made-up everyday rule. I doubt it is valid, except in the most general kind of way.
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