Scientists have found that mental effort turns people off

07.08.2024 15:13

Psychologists from the Radboud University of Utrecht in the Netherlands conducted a study that showed that mental effort turns people off.

It is emphasized that in many ways a person tends to minimize his mental efforts.

Scientists emphasized: “It is important for people to know why they perform certain actions associated with excessive brain activity,” as reported by Naked Science .

At the same time, experts acknowledged that there is not much evidence to support this theory today.

Research results

A series of tests have shown that mental activity in most cases leads to the emergence of a feeling of disgust.

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This type of emotion usually arises when performing certain tasks.

However, the experts stressed that they arrived at these results through a meta-analysis.

The scientists added: “Meta-analysis is an observational method, which, in turn, does not at all guarantee the reliability of the information obtained through it.

Margarita Sadkovskaya Author: Margarita Sadkovskaya Editor of Internet resources