Science Alert November 3, 2023 It has long been understood that the ventral visual stream of the human brain processes features of simulated human faces. Recently, specificity for real and interactive faces has been reported in lateral and dorsal visual streams, raising new questions regarding neural coding of interactive faces and lateral and dorsal face-processing mechanisms. Researchers at Yale University compared neural activity during two live interactive face-to-face conditions where facial features and tasks remained constant while the social contexts (in-person or on-line conditions) were varied. Current models of face processing do not predict differences in these two conditions as […]
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Virtual meetings tire people because we’re doing them wrong, says new research
Phys.org October 30, 2023 Researchers in Finland challenged the commonly held belief that virtual meeting fatigue manifests as exhaustion resulting from overloading demands and instead suggested that participation in virtual meetings may lead to increased drowsiness due to underload of stimulation. Using subjective and cardiac measures they investigated the relationships between virtual versus face-to-face meetings and different types of fatigue (active and passive) among 44 knowledge workers during real-life meetings. Their multilevel path analysis revealed a link between virtual meetings and higher levels of passive fatigue, which then impacted cognitive performance. Their results suggested that work engagement may act as […]