Why it is hard for us to concentrate on the job in the afternoon
Productivity / / December 23, 2019
Many of us are familiar with the state of fatigue, which occurs in the afternoon. This is due not only to the food coma - the phenomenon when, after eating sleepy.
according to a studyTime of day differences in neural reward functioning in healthy young men., We feel sluggish due to the fact that the brain requires a psychological reward for his labors. Encouragement for the work of our support motivation and the working attitude.
Scientists have conducted brain scans several subjects. They did brain scans three times a day - at 10:00, 14:00 and 19:00. So scientists want to find out how the system works the subjects of remuneration.
The study showed that the left shell - an area of the brain that plays an important role in formation and expectation of remuneration - is activated in the morning and evening, and for lunch level activity decreases.
The scientists suggest that our brain is undergoing a prediction error when to wait for the promotion. This is the paradox. Least of all brain expects a reward in the morning and in the evening, so we are trying by all means to get it. It was at this time, we work and study harder. And in the afternoon the energy dries up, because the brain believes that we must get a reward for a reason, not putting any effort.