Listening to music can make up for mental fatigue while running, says study

Listening to music while running could help combat mental fatigue, research suggests (Owen Humphreys/PA)

Listening to music while running could help improve people’s performance when they feel mentally fatigued, a new study suggests.

The research found that the performance of runners who listened to a self-selected playlist as they ran after completing a demanding thinking task was at the same level as when they were not mentally fatigued.