Trial reportPsychophysiology2022
Cognitive tasks elicit mental fatigue and impair subsequent physical task endurance: Effects of task duration and type.
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32 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Effects of mental fatigue on lower-limb explosive power and anaerobic capacity: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Pooled it
- The effects of brain endurance training on physical endurance performance under mental fatigue and non-fatigued conditions: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Pooled it
- Approaches to inducing mental fatigue: A systematic review and meta-analysis of (neuro)physiologic indices.Behavior research methods · 2025Pooled it
- Efficacy of mind-body exercise for perinatal depression and anxiety: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2025Pooled it
- Does the Effect of Mental Fatigue Created by Motor Imagery on Upper Extremity Functions Change with Diaphragmatic Breathing Exercises? A Randomized, Controlled, Single-Blinded Trial.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Trial
- Cognitive tasks elicit mental fatigue and impair subsequent physical task endurance: Effects of task duration and type.Psychophysiology · 2022Trial
- Protocol paper: Evaluating the effect of isometric handgrip exercise on cognitive fatigue while solving logical reasoning questions.MethodsX · 2026Article
- Exploratory Temporal Dynamics of Heart-Rate Variability During a Prolonged 2-Back Task Under Nap-Deprivation Conditions.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Cognitive and Mood Effects of a Soluble Mango Leaf Extract (ZynamitePharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Assessment of Abbreviated Neurocognitive Tasks via a Custom-Built Mobile Platform.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Sharpening the Coach's Eye: An Observational Study Investigating the Trainability of An Eye-Tracking Strategy for Perceiving Barbell Velocity Loss in Resistance Training.Sports medicine - open · 2026Article
- Characterizing alterations in attention networks under high mental workload.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Sex based differences in time processing were found in newly developed tasks.Psychological research · 2026Article
- Current Practices for Mental Fatigue Quantification and Induction in Movement Science: Introducing the SPeCIFY Guidelines.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2025Review
- Brain functional connectivity after Stroop task induced cognitive fatigue.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- A New Method for Inducing Mental Fatigue: A High Mental Workload Task Paradigm Based on Complex Cognitive Abilities and Time Pressure.Brain sciences · 2025Article
- Mental fatigue increases perception of effort but does not compromise the inhibitory control of football referees during a match simulation physical task.European journal of sport science · 2025Article
- Habitual caffeine intake, genetics and cognitive performance.Journal of psychopharmacology (Oxford, England) · 2025Article
- A Deep Learning Approach for Mental Fatigue State Assessment.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Effects of mental fatigue on psychophysiological responses, kinematic variables and technical actions in small-sided soccer games: a time course analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
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Abstract
Although mentally fatiguing cognitive tasks can impair subsequent physical endurance, the importance of cognitive task duration and the role of response inhibition remain unclear. This study compared the effects of a serial incongruent Stroop color-classification task (i.e., with response inhibition) and N-back memory updating task (i.e., without response inhibition) on mental fatigue and subsequent rhythmic handgrip exercise. Participants (N = 90) were randomly assigned to one of three cognitive task groups (Stroop, 2-back, control) and completed four 10-min blocks of one cognitive task followed by a 5-min physical endurance task (self-paced rhythmic handgrip exercise). Heart rate, heart rate variability, electromyographic forearm activity, and force were recorded throughout along with self-reported measures of fatigue, exertion, and motivation. From the start, the Stroop and 2-back tasks elicited higher heart rate and lower heart rate variability as well as greater fatigue, effort, and interest/enjoyment than the control task. From the second block onwards, the Stroop and 2-back groups produced less force than the control group. There were no group differences in forearm muscle activity. In sum, mental fatigue was induced after performing a cognitive task for 10 mins, whereas muscular endurance was impaired after performing a cognitive task for 20 mins. That these effects were observed for both types of cognitive task indicates that response inhibition is not a necessary condition. The cognitive task duration required to induce mental fatigue and impair rhythmic handgrip endurance performance lay between the durations reported previously for isometric (a few minutes) and whole-body (half an hour) endurance exercise.
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