Microsoft’s research team has used science to prove what we already know—too many back-to-back meetings can wear you down—and is promoting an Outlook feature to build in scheduled breaks.Microsoft used EEG sensors to measure the brain waves of several study participants, noting how the beta-wave activity associated with stress increased across four successive 30-minute meetings with no breaks in between. But when Microsoft re-ran the tests with an additional ten-minute buffer period between the meetings, stress levels dropped, and participation increased. Microsoft
A stressed-out brain exhibits higher levels of beta waves, indicative of stress.To read this article in full, please click here https://www.pcworld.com/article/3615674/new-outlook-setting-builds-in-breaks-to-make-video-meetings-less-exhausting.html#tk.rss_all
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