Interesting and makes perfect sense. Does anyone else feel stressed with an overload of work meetings? Healthy effective people need balance; whether that be in our personal or work space. https://lnkd.in/gemRvNsf
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Researchers studied the impact of meetings on our brains. This is fascinating… Microsoft's Human Factors Lab studied 14 participants across two days of video meetings. Day 1: 4 back-to-back 30-min meetings. Day 2: 4 30-min meetings with 10-min breaks in between. Participants wore EEG caps to monitor electrical activity in their brains. The takeaways: Takeaway 1: Back-to-Back Meetings Promote Stress Back-to-back meetings created an accumulating buildup of stress in the brain. Anticipation of transitions caused further spikes. Short breaks in between meetings allowed the brain to reset and never experience the stress buildup. Takeaway 2: Breaks Promote Performance Back-to-back meetings resulted in negative levels of frontal alpha symmetry, a brain state connected to lower levels of engagement. Short breaks in between meetings resulted in positive levels, meaning participants performed better. The answer seems to be that short breaks in between meetings are necessary: • Eliminate stress buildup • Improve performance • Reduce impact of attention residue I started implementing 25-minute meetings into my schedule and immediately noticed a positive impact. Try it!
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1yI agree April. Especially, with folks who have hearing disability whom tire more frequently and become less productive as the demand on the prefrontal cortex triples in load. Thus short circuiting cognition.