Neurologist explains why multitasking tires the brain
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Lefaso
Neurologist Élodie Gouba explains that brain fatigue results from prolonged intellectual effort and overstimulation, particularly from screens and notifications. She says working memory becomes overloaded by multitasking and that glutamate accumulation can disrupt brain connections, according to Lefaso.net.
Brain fatigue is a biological reality linked to prolonged intellectual effort or visual overstimulation, explains Burkinabè neurologist Élodie Gouba in an interview published by Lefaso.net. According to her, the brain can become exhausted like a muscle and trigger a protective mechanism.
Neurons communicate through glutamate, a chemical messenger essential to thought. When work continues without a break, this substance accumulates and disrupts brain function, according to the neurologist quoted by Lefaso.net.
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