Sometimes, at the tail end of a day, I&#x27;ll be sitting in front of my computer, with a clear idea of exactly what I need to do and how to do it... and yet I&#x27;m just sort of sitting there stupidly, because my brain feels fried. It&#x27;s the same sensation you get when you crank out one too many reps at the gym- you&#x27;re sending all the right signals, the nerves are firing, but your muscles just don&#x27;t <i>work</i>.<p>When I get this fried brain feeling, I&#x27;ve found that eating something sugar-rich, like a piece of chocolate, can attenuate this feeling- not completely, but enough to get me out of the paralysis and started, at least. I don&#x27;t know how much is placebo, but hey, it works, so I&#x27;m not complaining, and there seems to be at least some studies supporting the existence of similar effects.