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In this commentary I shall briefly discuss three related issues concerning some difficulties in formulating a conceptualisation of the idea that the human cognitive system is limited in its processing “resources”, and that the deployment of such resources is equatable with the use of either mental or metabolic energy.
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Rugg, M.D. (1986). Constraints on Cognitive Performance: Some Problems with and Alternatives to Resource Theory. In: Hockey, G.R.J., Gaillard, A.W.K., Coles, M.G.H. (eds) Energetics and Human Information Processing. NATO ASI Series, vol 31. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4448-0_27
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