decision fatigue
deh-SIH-zhun fah-TEEG
dɪˈsɪʒən fəˈtiːɡListen
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the deterioration in the quality of decisions made by an individual after a long session of decision-making; as the number of decisions made in a day accumulates, the mental resources required for careful deliberation become depleted, leading to poorer choices, increased impulsivity, decision avoidance, or default to the status quo; research on judges, doctors, and consumers has shown that decision quality tends to decline as fatigue increases; the concept is used to argue for limiting the number of trivial daily decisions so that cognitive resources are preserved for important ones
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