Effortfulness | Word Effortfulness at Open Dictionary of English by LearnThat Foundation

Obama seems to have an instinct for a fundamental rule of political theater: the inverse relationship between the effortfulness of stagecraft and the perception of...
Now, by effortfulness I do not mean "labored breath" or any "shortness of breath."
To catch this emergence of tension, try to start paying attention to your breathing several times trying to tune in to this transition from effortlessness to effortfulness.
Overall, these data suggest that the perceived effortfulness of visually presented actions affects the autonomic response by increasing the heart and respiratory rates...

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