{"id":5383,"date":"2020-09-15T23:57:59","date_gmt":"2020-09-16T03:57:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/?p=5383"},"modified":"2020-09-15T23:58:01","modified_gmt":"2020-09-16T03:58:01","slug":"this-is-your-brain-on-remote-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/2020\/09\/15\/this-is-your-brain-on-remote-work\/","title":{"rendered":"This Is Your Brain on Remote Work"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

(Link to the article<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The psychological stress of remote work is not just speculation or context-swapping – it\u2019s real, measurable, and stems directly from an environment where interpersonal communication is hard to come by. Small interactions, like a handshake, communicate big things, like someone\u2019s willingness to coordinate on a plan. In many cases, these don\u2019t yet have substitutes in the remote world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Key Takeaways<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
  • This article quantifies a lot of the studied concerns related to remote work and associated behavior<\/li>
  • One particularly interesting thing revolves around the handshake as an indicator of someone\u2019s willingness to coordinate. These interactions, however small, are difficult to replicate. How might they be facilitated?<\/li>
  • This also illustrates a research-based need more than a solution to a problem.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Excerpts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
    • How does remote work actually affect the brain \u2014 and how might that affect a company\u2019s operations? Do we lose productivity if we\u2019re digitally connected but physically alone?<\/li>
    • It turns out that remote workers can build relationships and communicate just as effectively as they can in an office.<\/li>
    • They noted that \u201cstrangers meeting in text-based environments show higher affinity for one another than strangers meeting one another face to face.\u201d<\/li>
    • Leaders need to pay extra attention to these workers right now who could be feeling isolated.<\/li>
    • One study found that negotiators who shook hands achieved better outcomes. Negotiating parties who shook hands were also less likely to lie, according to the researchers.<\/li>
    • A 2017 University of Texas McCombs School of Business study found that your cognitive capacity is significantly reduced when your smartphone is nearby, even if you\u2019re not using it.<\/li>
    • A recent study by NordVPN Teams found that people in the United States are logging on for an additional three hours of work per day<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      (Link to the article) Overview The psychological stress of remote work is not just speculation or context-swapping – it\u2019s real, measurable, and stems directly from an environment where interpersonal communication is hard to come by. Small interactions, like a handshake, communicate big things, like someone\u2019s willingness to coordinate on a plan. In many cases, these […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":5384,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5383","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-science-tech"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5383"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5383\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5385,"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5383\/revisions\/5385"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}