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  "id": 9166944,
  "title": "When the brain gets tired, endurance suffers",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/when-the-brain-gets-tired-endurance-suffers",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-22T16:40:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-brain.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "After a day spent perusing reports, juggling emails, resolving conflicts and making decisions, a bike ride will seem more taxing, even though your legs aren't any weaker. To shed light on this phenomenon, Benjamin Pageaux, a professor at Université de Montréal's School of Kinesiology and Physical Activity Sciences, and researchers at Nantes Université tested the effect of mental fatigue on…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}