Vitamins and minerals are essential to humans as they play essential roles in a variety of
basic metabolic pathways that support fundamental cellular functions. In particular, their …

Fasting is a prevalent approach to weight loss and is a feasible method for treating some
diseases, such as type 2 diabetes. Meanwhile, the effects of intermittent fasting on health …

Theoretical perspectives posit that heart-rate variability (HRV) reflects self-regulatory
capacity and therefore can be employed as a bio-marker of top-down self-regulation (the …

Mental workload (MWL) can affect human performance and is considered critical in the
design and evaluation of complex human-machine systems. While numerous physiological …

The aim of this paper is to set the stage for the vagal tank theory, showcasing a functional
resource account for self-regulation. The vagal tank theory, building on neurophysiological …

Research on cognitive control and executive function has long recognized the relevance of
motivational factors. Recently, however, the topic has come increasingly to center stage, with …

Cognitive effort has been implicated in numerous theories regarding normal and aberrant
behavior and the physiological response to engagement with demanding tasks. Yet, despite …

Why does performing certain tasks cause the aversive experience of mental effort and
concomitant deterioration in task performance? One explanation posits a physical resource …

We examine the daily sleep of leaders as an antecedent to daily abusive supervisory
behavior and work unit engagement. Drawing from ego depletion theory, our theoretical …

Fatigue can have a major impact on an individual's performance and well-being, yet is
poorly understood, even within the scientific community. There is no developed theory of its …