2023-12-04 09:00:00
Feeling especially exhausted after a day on Zoom is not a figment of your imagination: Video conference fatigue (VCF) is real, according to a study written by a quartet of Austrian researchers. From a report: “Self-reported evidence, collected around the world, indicates that CVF is a serious problem,” wrote the authors of a study which appears in Scientific Reports, a journal published by Nature Reports. However, most of the available research on FVC is based on personal accounts of the problem and focuses on the cause rather than the consequences, the researchers explained.
To determine the effects on the brain caused by hours of video lectures, the team measured electrical activity in the heads of 35 college students who watched a 50-minute lecture while hooked up to an electroencephalogram (EEG). The researchers asked another group to watch the same content live. The researchers also calculated the effects on the heart rate of the two groups with electrocardiography (ECG), measured before and after the videoconferencing sessions. Subjects were also given cognitive attention tasks and asked to self-report their moods. Live conference attendees reported feeling more energized, happy and active, and less tired, sleepy and fed up than their online counterparts.
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