ReviewPeerJ2023
Understanding mental fatigue and its detection: a comparative analysis of assessments and tools.
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48 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 98 citations in OpenAlex.
- Vigilance decrements in air traffic control as an aviation safety risk: a systematic review of modeling and prediction approaches.Frontiers in neuroergonomics · 2026Pooled it
- Approaches to inducing mental fatigue: A systematic review and meta-analysis of (neuro)physiologic indices.Behavior research methods · 2025Pooled it
- Combining EEG and eye-tracking for cognitive and physiological states monitoring: a systematic review.Frontiers in neuroergonomics · 2025Pooled it
- Effects of a single dose of L-histidine on mental fatigue and vigor in participants with high fatigue levels: a randomized controlled trial.Scientific reports · 2026Trial
- Comparing the effect of mental fatigue-inducing models on selected cognitive and technical performance aspects in young soccer players.Scientific reports · 2026Trial
- A full-spectrum aqueous extract of black cardamom (Frontiers in neuroscience · 2026Trial
- Individualized Cognitive Effort to Failure Does Not Affect Subsequent Strenuous Physical Performance.Medicine and science in sports and exercise · 2025Trial
- Individual Patterns of Heart Rate Variability During Prolonged Cognitive Load with Mental Fatigue Induction.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Attitudinal and Behavioral Inference in Social Influence: A Process Model of Direct and Indirect Judgments and Decisions.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Aerobic Exercise Rejuvenates the Fatigued Brain: Evidence from EEG and Flicker Values.Applied psychophysiology and biofeedback · 2026Article
- Virtual Dementia in the Digital Age: Neurocognitive Mechanisms, Behavioural Impact and Public Health Implications of Technology Overuse.Annals of neurosciences · 2026Review
- Comparative Prefrontal Multimodal Physiological Signatures Under Active- and Passive-Fatigue-Inducing Simulated Driving Paradigms.Brain sciences · 2026Article
- AI-powered industrial quality assurance system for fancy yarn using computer vision and 3D visualization.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Mental Fatigue in High School Students Through Spanish Physical Education Teachers' Perceptions of Causes, Consequences, and Reduction Strategies: A Survey Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Characterizing alterations in attention networks under high mental workload.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Clinical, Cognitive and Demographic Determinants of Work Participation in Multiple Sclerosis: A Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Article
- A Two-Level, Multidimensional Framework for Understanding and Treating Clinician Fatigue.Health care analysis : HCA : journal of health philosophy and policy · 2026Article
- [A novel mental fatigue detecting method based on single-channel electroencephalogram using hybrid convolutional neural network combined with Transformer].Sheng wu yi xue gong cheng xue za zhi = Journal of biomedical engineering = Shengwu yixue gongchengxue zazhi · 2026Article
- Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia - overlap, differences, and emerging insights.Journal of translational medicine · 2026Review
- The Cross-Cultural Adaptation, Validation and Psychometric Properties of the Mental Fatigue Scale in Turkish Athletes.Brain sciences · 2026Article
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Abstract
Mental fatigue has shown to be one of the root causes of decreased productivity and overall cognitive performance, by decreasing an individual's ability to inhibit responses, process information and concentrate. The effects of mental fatigue have led to occupational errors and motorway accidents. Early detection of mental fatigue can prevent the escalation of symptoms that may lead to chronic fatigue syndrome and other disorders. To date, in clinical settings, the assessment of mental fatigue and stress is done through self-reported questionnaires. The validity of these questionnaires is questionable, as they are highly subjective measurement tools and are not immune to response biases. This review examines the wider presence of mental fatigue in the general population and critically compares its various detection techniques (
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