Bridging exercise science, cognitive psychology, and medical practice: Is "cognitive fatigue" a remake of "the emperor's new clothes"?

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 9, Issue SEP, 2018, Pages

  Pattyn, Nathalie ^a,b   Van Cutsem, Jeroen ^b,c   Dessy, Emilie ^a,b   Mairesse, Olivier ^a,b,d  

^a ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^d BRUGMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Chronic fatigue; Cognitive fatigue; Effortful control; Exercise tolerance; Fatigue; Performance; Sleep disorders

Indexed keywords

EID: 85053084760     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01246     Document Type: Article

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