Definitions for mental energy
men·tal en·er·gy

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1. psychic energy, mental energynoun

   an actuating force or factor

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1. Mental energy

   Mental energy may be understood as the ability or willingness to engage in cognitive work. It is distinct from physical energy, and has mood, cognition, and motivation domains. Concepts closely related to mental energy include vigor and fatigue. Mental energy is not well-defined, and the scientific literature on mental energy is quite limited. A variety of measures for assessing aspects of mental energy exist.Many people complain of low mental energy, which can interfere with work and daily activities. Low mental energy and fatigue are major public health concerns. People may pursue remedies or treatment for low mental energy. Seeking to improve mental energy is a common reason that people take dietary supplements.Many different neurotransmitters have been theoretically implicated in the control of mental energy. This has often been based on the effects of drugs acting on these neurotransmitters. These neurotransmitters include dopamine, norepinephrine, orexin, serotonin, histamine, acetylcholine, adenosine, and glutamate. Hormones, including glucocorticoids like cortisol, as well as cytokines, have also been found to regulate mental energy.Mental energy can be affected by factors such as drugs, sleep, and disease. Drugs that may increase mental energy include caffeine, modafinil, psychostimulants like amphetamines and methylphenidate, and corticosteroids like hydrocortisone and dexamethasone. There are many marketing claims of foods, beverages, and dietary supplements improving mental energy, but data to substantiate such claims are limited or absent. Drugs that may decrease mental energy include sedatives and hypnotics like antihistamines, benzodiazepines, and melatonin, as well as dopamine receptor antagonists like antipsychotics. Sleep deprivation may decrease mental energy in an exposure-dependent manner. Various disease states, such as cardiac disease, cancer, stroke, HIV/AIDS, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, and certain mental health conditions like depression, may be associated with decreased mental energy. Chronic fatigue syndrome is characterized by a lack of the energy needed for the basic activities of daily life.

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1. mental energy

   Mental energy is the cognitive capacity or cognitive resources that an individual has to perform mental tasks. It represents your ability to concentrate, focus, and engage in problem-solving or creative thinking. Mental energy can be affected by various factors including physical health, stress, diet, sleep, and mood. When mental energy is depleted, it can result in symptoms of mental fatigue.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of mental energy in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of mental energy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of mental energy in a Sentence

1. Sandra Bond Chapman:

   Decide from the get-go how much mental energy you are going to spend on a task, giving your full forceful energy all the time really degrades resources. You need to know when to do something fast and when to do something slow.

2. Scott Baytosh:

   Kids at this age need to move and so often in education, we tell them to stop moving, sit still, sit up, pay attention. Here we are, allowing them just enough movement to be more comfortable and focus so that they can focus their mental energy on what the lesson is asking them, not thinking, 'I'm really uncomfortable. I wish I could move right now,'.

3. John Lewin:

   One of the hallmarks of Bob Durst is that despite all the lies he tells, he doesn’t take or use the mental energy to even remember them because his life has been spent privileged in getting away with whatever he wants, the evidence is going to show that’s going to be his undoing in a lot of ways in all three of these cases.

4. Germaine Greer:

   Libraries are reservoirs of strength, grace and wit, reminders of order, calm and continuity, lakes of mental energy, neither warm nor cold, light nor dark. The pleasure they give is steady, unorgastic, reliable, deep and long-lasting. In any library in the world, I am at home, unselfconscious, still and absorbed.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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