While the effect that mental fatigue has on physical activity is an area of research that we have not yet focused on in Dr. Wright’s lab, the work of Dr. Sam Marcora has been able to highlighted the ability of mental fatigue to effect physical activity for both normal individuals and high endurance athletes (Marcora et al., 2009; Martin et al., 2016). Dr. Marcora's work has focused on inducing high levels of mental fatigue in individuals through the administration of cognitive tasks (e.g. Stroop task & AX-CPT) for extended periods of time. This is followed by the completion of a time to exhaustion type of physical activity where one is deemed exhausted once activity drops below a given threshold. The primary finding is that while mental
