Mental Fatigue Effort Reward Decision Simulator

Neuroeconomic model of striatal dopamine valuation vs. anterior cingulate effort costs
Fatigue Parameters
Mental Fatigue Level (ψ) 0.75
Effort Cost Weight (β) 2.20
Dopamine Sensitivity (α) 1.00
Neural Substrates
Striatal Dopamine (Reward Benefit) 100%
Anterior Cingulate (Effort Penalty) 165%
Session Export
Chosen Task
t1
Fatigue Discount Factor
0.35
Max Subjective Utility
7.75
Effort Tolerance Threshold
4.2
Effort Discounting Curves
Trial-by-Trial Fatigue Accumulation
Active Task Set Evaluation Subjective Utility V = (α · R) - (β · E / (1 - ψ))
Task ID Reward (R) Effort (E) Subjective Utility (V) Decision
SIMULATION DECISION PROOF SUMMARY
Under high mental fatigue (0.75), high-effort high-reward option T2 is discounted below low-effort option T1.
t1 Utility: 7.75 | t2 Utility: 5.20 | t3 Utility: 4.10
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