title: Local resource depletion hypothesis as a mechanism for action selection in the brain.
abstract: As a comment on Kurzban et al.'s opportunity cost model, we propose an alternative view of mental effort and the action selection mechanism in the brain. Our hypothesis utilizes local resource depletion within neuronal networks, which justifies from a neurophysiological perspective why mental fatigue diminishes after switching to a novel task and explains action selection by means of neural competition theory.
authors.affiliation: Interdisciplinary Center for Applied Cognitive Studies, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, 03-815 Warsaw, Poland. abrzezi2@swps.edu.pl http://www.icacs.swps.edu.pl.
authors.forename: Aneta
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Brzezicka
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kamiński
authors.forename: Andrzej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wróbel
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D005222:Mental Fatigue / Q000523:psychology*; D008960:Models, Psychological