Participants' brain and heart readings indicated that videoconferencing caused higher levels of fatigue, sadness, and inattentiveness than did in-person lectures.
What sets their findings apart, they added, is that past research on Zoom fatigue has been dependent on participants self-reporting their level of exhaustion in questionnaires.
AdvertisementFor example, a 2021 study by Gothenburg and Stanford researchers that involved over 2,700 respondents found that longer Zoom meetings weren't the only causes of fatigue.
However, Zoom fatigue may not be as widespread as it seems.
A Pew Research Center study surveying 10,000 workers in October 2020 found that fewer than four in 10 said they were worn out by videoconferencing.
Persons:
—, they've, Rene Riedl
Organizations:
Service, University of Applied Sciences Upper, Stanford, Pew Research Center
Locations:
University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria, Gothenburg