Psychology says people who are more tired after a video call than an in-person meeting aren't being difficult — the brain treats a grid of faces staring from a foot away as a room full of people standing too close, for an hour

Psychology says people who are more tired after a video call than an in-person meeting aren't being difficult — the brain treats a grid of faces staring from a foot away as a room full of people standing too close, for an hour

If you’ve ever gotten off a Zoom call feeling completely wiped out and thought this exact meeting would not have tired me out this much in person, you’re not imagining it. Researchers have studied this. A video call takes all the normal social stuff that happens in a room, the eye contact, the facial expressions,...