The Neuroscience of Exhaustion: How to Stay Motivated

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The Neuroscience of Exhaustion: How to Stay Motivated

Sense of Mind

25 minutes 20 seconds

1 year ago

The Neuroscience of Exhaustion: How to Stay Motivated

We've all experienced the exhaustion of mental fatigue. If you work long enough and hard enough on a cognitively demanding task, you'll eventually lose motivation and focus. Worse yet, burnout is right around the corner. This video is a deep dive into the neuroscience of mental fatigue and how to stay motivated.

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Sources:

- Kok, A. (2022). Cognitive control, motivation and fatigue: A cognitive neuroscience perspective. Brain and Cognition, 160, 105880.

- Qi, P., Ru, H., Gao, L., Zhang, X., Zhou, T., Tian, Y., ... & Sun, Y. (2019). Neural mechanisms of mental fatigue revisited: New insights from the brain connectome. Engineering, 5(2), 276-286.

- Monosov, I. E., Haber, S. N., Leuthardt, E. C., & Jezzini, A. (2020). Anterior cingulate cortex and the control of dynamic behavior in primates. Current Biology, 30(23), R1442-R1454.

- Klein-Flügge, M. C., Bongioanni, A., & Rushworth, M. F. (2022). Medial and orbital frontal cortex in decision-making and flexible behavior. Neuron.

- Boksem, M. A., & Tops, M. (2008). Mental fatigue: costs and benefits. Brain research reviews, 59(1), 125-139.

Timestamps:

00:00 What is mental fatigue?

00:50 How mental fatigue affects brain networks

04:05 What causes mental fatigue?

05:20 The role of dopamine in mental fatigue

07:12 The potential role of serotonin

08:23 Hunger and mental fatigue

10:30 Neuroeconomics, decision making, & mental fatigue

10:48 The vmPFC and ventral striatum in valuation, pleasure, and learning

12:01 The role of the anterior insula, amygdala, and periaqueductal grey

13:50 The ACC integrates potential costs and benefits

16:45 How does the brain's cost/benefit analysis feed into behavior?

18:52 Step 1: Good Nutrition and Sleep

20:52 Step 2: Take Breaks

21:15 Step 3: Consider Costs and Benefits

22:38 Step 4: Stress Management Techniques

24:16 Mental fatigue is unavoidable but...

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