Too Much Training Can Tax Athletes' Brains
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Too Much Training Can Tax Athletes' Brains

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Too Much Training Can Tax Athletes' Brains Enlarge this image toggle caption Markus Büsges/EyeEm/Getty Images Markus Büsges/EyeEm/Getty Images Too much physical exertion appears to make the brain tired. Sponsor Message "Probably something linked to his brain and his cognitive capacities," says Bastien Blain, an author of the study and a postdoctoral fellow at University College London. "Those people were, in fact, choosing more immediate gratification than the other group of athletes," Blain says. There was less activity in "a very little brain area, a little spot of the left prefrontal cortex that's impacted during decision-making," Blain says.

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