This hasn’t stood up to replication, as you guess. I didn’t follow closely, so I’m not sure of the details. Physical energy is certainly limited and affects mental function efficiency. But thinking hard doesnt use measurably more energy than just thinking last I knew. Which sounds at least a little wrong given the subjective experience of really focusing on some types of mental work. I’d guess a small real effect in some circumstances.
Anything written 20 years ago in cognitive science is now antique and needs to be compared against recent research.
This hasn’t stood up to replication, as you guess. I didn’t follow closely, so I’m not sure of the details. Physical energy is certainly limited and affects mental function efficiency. But thinking hard doesnt use measurably more energy than just thinking last I knew. Which sounds at least a little wrong given the subjective experience of really focusing on some types of mental work. I’d guess a small real effect in some circumstances.
Anything written 20 years ago in cognitive science is now antique and needs to be compared against recent research.