Jun 10

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Mental fatigue: are you really tired of thinking?

I’ve been working on this article for too long. I’m mentally drained. Even though I haven’t moved anything but my fingertips for the last two hours, I’m exhausted.

What the hell is going on?

Everyone knows that if we exercise for too long, we get tired.

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