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Experts in This Article
Brian Wind is a clinical psychologist in the Nashville metro area.
Jaclyn Bauer, PhD, a clinical psychologist and the CEO of Virtue.
Mark Miller is COO/CTO of humm, a neuroscience tech company.
Brian Wind is a clinical psychologist in the Nashville metro area.
Your mind may work differently in this remote lifestyle than it did within an structured, in-office schedule.
Call it WFH brainand as a team at Microsoft discovered, its an actual and measurable thing thing.
Heres how their conclusions could help you WFH… butbetter.
One Monday, the volunteers attended four 30-minute meetings consecutively without breaks.
The study participants were more engaged and focused when they had breaks.
As it turns out, participants were also more engaged and focused when they had breaks.
This research might help companies create new policies around WFH.
What are the pros and cons of WFH?
Working from home has been a mixed bag for many people.
Brian Wind is a clinical psychologist in the Nashville metro area.
For some people, the line between home and work is disappearing.
But, says Dr. Bauer, there are negative aspects as well.
Working memory performance is easily affected by everything from too much caffeine to worry.
To perform your best, you gotta take regular breaks to reset, says Miller.
The Microsoft study participants used their breaks to meditate, but thats not the only option.
How long will people be working from home?
That depends on the situation.
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