Hard Work While Fatigued Affects Blood Pressure
Friday, June 27, 2008 - 09:21
in Psychology & Sociology
When fatigued individuals perceive a task as being achievable and worth doing, they increase their effort to make up for their diminished capability due to fatigue. As a result, blood pressure tends to rise and remain elevated until the task is completed or individuals stop trying because they think success is impossible or too difficult to be justified.
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