
How this year of working on Zoom has affected your brain
CNN
The United States has officially crossed one year since the initial COVID-19 shutdowns. That means one year of staring at your colleagues' faces in a 13-inch grid. But how has the past year of virtual conference calls affected your brain?
Zoom has become a huge part of today's work flow, with a 470% increase in customers having more than 10 employees from this time last year, the company says. But how has the past year of virtual conference calls affected your brain? A Stanford analysis explains with a breakdown of the four causes of "zoom fatigue."
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