Mental effort and fatigue as consequences of monotony

Kurzban et al. associate mental effort and fatigue with a hypothetical mechanism able to estimate the utilities of possible actions and then select the action with a maximal utility. However, this approach faces fundamental problems. In my opinion, mental effort and fatigue are results of a conflict...

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Published in:The Behavioral and brain sciences 2013-12, Vol.36 (6), p.702-703
Main Author: Prudkov, Pavel N.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Expected utility
Fatigue
Humans
Mental Fatigue - psychology
Models, Psychological
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Summary:Kurzban et al. associate mental effort and fatigue with a hypothetical mechanism able to estimate the utilities of possible actions and then select the action with a maximal utility. However, this approach faces fundamental problems. In my opinion, mental effort and fatigue are results of a conflict between the monotony of long-term activities and the novelty-processing systems.
ISSN:0140-525X
1469-1825
DOI:10.1017/S0140525X13001155