Possibly this might explain procrastination: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Maarten_Boksem/publication/51426280_Mental_fatigue_Costs_and_benefits/links/0

Possibly this might explain procrastination: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Maarten_Boksem/publication/51426280_Mental_fatigue_Costs_and_benefits/links/0f31753a54b2b691ba000000.pdf https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Maarten_Boksem/publicat... It seems to involve the same brain regions that Noakes identified as being involved in physical fatigue. However rather than protecting against damage, its function appears to be to protect against unnecessary expenditure of energy.