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Comment by tylerhou

> This is quite similar to the cognitive and decision fatigue principle which indicates that each of us only has a limited pool of cognitive resources and so we must be very selective in choosing what activities we engage in.

Watch out — many of the studies which displayed “cognitive fatigue” (I assume you actually mean ego depletion) have not been replicated successfully.

http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/cover_story...

parent tylerhou 7 years ago

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