♟️A new study of chess players has given an insight into how our minds function when we work remotely – and it's a significant downgrade.
🧠Here’s what working from home does to your brain
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🧠Here’s what working from home does to your brain
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💼A paper published this week in the Journal of the Royal Economic Society suggests we are doing our best work while actually in the office
📸Joe Giddens/PA Wire
📸Joe Giddens/PA Wire
♟️Researchers in the Netherlands examined 215,000 moves made by a group of world-class chess players, some of whom were playing digitally and others at in-person tournaments
They found that the quality of moves made by those competing at home was significantly worse than those who were in a "real life" environment
🗣️"Our results show a clear decrease in overall performance in the remote setting," says Dutch academic Dr Dainis Zegners
📳You’d be forgiven for thinking that working from home puts you in a far better frame of mind for complicated mental tasks – no office gossip, no ringing phones, no interruptions for group tea rounds.
❓So why is this so?
❓So why is this so?
🖥️Neuroscientists at University College London, who analysed the results of the survey, said physically going to the office boosts wellbeing as it allows employees to separate work and home life
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