http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/07/18/why-do-you-get-tired-after-taking-a-test/ Mon, 22 Apr 2013 21:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/07/18/why-do-you-get-tired-after-taking-a-test/#comment-33722 Brian Too Mon, 23 Jul 2012 23:11:36 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=38473#comment-33722 I can attest to feeling 'burnt-out' after a day of intellectual labour. I can attest to feeling ‘burnt-out’ after a day of intellectual labour.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/07/18/why-do-you-get-tired-after-taking-a-test/#comment-33721 Junjay Thu, 19 Jul 2012 15:31:23 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=38473#comment-33721 This makes sense that your brain would use a little more energy when you're thinking hard than when you're not, but it seems to me that the change in RMR is so small that you shouldn't feel whole body fatigue like you do after a test. I would guess that the fatigue you feel is more psychological than physical. This makes sense that your brain would use a little more energy when you’re thinking hard than when you’re not, but it seems to me that the change in RMR is so small that you shouldn’t feel whole body fatigue like you do after a test. I would guess that the fatigue you feel is more psychological than physical.

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