Compensatory effort parallels midbrain deactivation during mental fatigue: an fMRI study.

Fatigue reflects the functioning of our physiological negative feedback system, which prevents us from overworking. When fatigued, however, we often try to suppress this system in an effort to compensate for the resulting deterioration in performance. Previous studies have suggested that the effect...

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Main Authors: Seishu Nakagawa, Motoaki Sugiura, Yuko Akitsuki, S M Hadi Hosseini, Yuka Kotozaki, Carlos Makoto Miyauchi, Yukihito Yomogida, Ryoichi Yokoyama, Hikaru Takeuchi, Ryuta Kawashima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3573002?pdf=render