The findings open doors for future research to uncover strategies for managing and preventing fatigue-related issues in various contexts. Whether you’re dealing with mental exhaustion from intensive studying or experiencing burnout at work, exploring this study will illuminate ways to ride the waves of cognitive fatigue more smoothly.
If you are currently feeling tired, you are not alone: feelings of fatigue are incredibly common. In a recent study, Matthews et al. investigated moment-to-moment fluctuations in fatigue using behavioral experiments and computational modeling. The study offers a precise account of how fatigue waxes (during physical and cognitive effort) and wanes (during rest).